June 13, 2019 SolGold strikes again in Ecuador’s Andean copper belt Discovery comes on the heels of a government's study showing the miner's Cascabel project will be one of the world’s ten largest copper, silver and gold mines.
June 12, 2019 Red Kite’s Mr. Copper backs new metals fund as partners exit In its heyday during the commodities supercycle of the early 2000s, Red Kite managed about $3.5 billion and was responsible for supplying about 15% of the copper China was consuming.
June 12, 2019 Aurubis CEO makes early exit after project costs rise CEO Juergen Schachler has been released from his duties, effective immediately.
June 12, 2019 Konkola Copper Mines plans to restart smelter on June 22 The Nchanga smelter, near Zambia's border with Democratic Republic of Congo, had been idle pending availability of concentrates.
June 12, 2019 Freeport Indonesia to start smelter construction mid-2020 Freeport agreed to build a copper smelter in Indonesia within five years of closing a deal last December with the Indonesian government on the operatorship of the giant Grasberg copper…
June 11, 2019 The big copper short is back as macro fears return: Andy Home The trade war has returned with a vengeance as copper and other industrial metals come under sustained fund selling pressure.
June 11, 2019 Europe researches, miners work on social licence to operate framework European nations are working on making sure the new wave of resource exploitation applies lessons learned from countries such as Canada and Australia.
June 11, 2019 Vedanta to challenge winding up of Zambian business in court The Zambian government says KCM has breached the terms of its licence.
June 10, 2019 Camino Minerals allowed to expand drilling in southern Peru Expanded drilling at the Chapitos gold-copper project is expected to commence during the latter half of 2019.
June 10, 2019 New Energy to acquire project near Codelco’s and BHP’s mines in Chile The project is located along the prolific West Fissure fault system, near the open-pit Escondida mine.
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