May 7, 2019 China-US trade war disrupting metal markets, sparking volatility A swift deterioration in China-US trade talks hit global financial markets this week as investors faced the prospect of an escalation rather than an end to a 10-month-old trade war.
May 7, 2019 Chile copper mine production slides in first quarter – Cochilco Cochilco said world top copper miner Codelco saw output drop 17 percent from the same period in 2018 to 371,000 tonnes.
May 7, 2019 SolGold confident in new major copper-gold find in Ecuador The Australian miner believes that Cascabel and now Porvenir are the first in a long, large and rich string of copper-gold projects it will develop in Ecuador.
May 6, 2019 EnGold extends mineralization at Lac La Hache Sampling has returned gold values of 40.6, 57.6 and 96.1 g/t.
May 6, 2019 Faltering metals get check-up as industry gathers in Hong Kong Base metals have had a shaky start to 2019, with a cautious Q1 advance giving way to an April drop on uncertainty about the global economy.
May 6, 2019 Hong Kong exchange to launch dollar-denominated mini contracts for base metals The new offering comes five years after a similar product fizzled on the Singapore Exchange (SGX).
May 6, 2019 Minnesota environmentalists step up fight against Twin Metals’ copper project Coalition has gone to court challenging a Trump administration’s decision that opened the door to Twin Metals’ copper, nickel and platinum project in a wilderness area of Minnesota.
May 6, 2019 Codelco not giving away gold watches anymore For decades, the National Copper Corporation gave away expensive gold watches to workers that have been with the company for over 30 years.
May 5, 2019 Community around MMG’s Las Bambas mine holding its breath The Nueva Fuerabamba community is pushing for laws that decriminalize their protests.
May 5, 2019 Zambia’s finance minister says tax reforms needed to cut debt The proposed tax change in Africa's second biggest copper producing nation has upset the mining community.
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