June 2, 2019 Finland’s new government plans spending spree, Iltalehti reports The new government intends to look into establishing a mining tax and analyzing the possibility of taxing capital gains from the sale of mining rights.
May 31, 2019 Production stalled at Vedanta’s Konkola Copper Mines Vedanta is fighting Zambia's decision this month to name a provisional liquidator to run Vedanta Resources' 90,000 tonnes KCM business.
May 30, 2019 Copper market faces larger shortages, supply issues simmer Benchmark copper prices on the London Metal Exchange, trading at around $5,850 a tonne, have tumbled nearly 9% this month.
May 30, 2019 SolGold’s shares crater on possible mining referendum in Ecuador Investors worry a referendum on mining in Imbabura, the province in which its flagship Cascabel copper-gold project is located, could jeopardize the mine's future.
May 30, 2019 Chile’s Codelco Q1 copper production tumbles 18% y/y Chilean copper giant Codelco produced 342,000 tonnes of copper from its mines in the first quarter of 2019.
May 30, 2019 Zambia says Konkola mines case a “warning” to foreign investors Zambia says its decision to punish miner Vedanta's local operation for breaching environmental and financial regulations is a signal to other firms to follow the law.
May 29, 2019 Zambia turns up the nationalist heat on its copper miners — opinion President Edgar Lungu has swiftly followed through on his threat with a move to liquidate Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), the local operating unit of India's Vedanta and one of the…
May 29, 2019 Vedanta’s KCM unit said to attract Kazakh, Chinese interest Eurasian Resources Group and China Non-Ferrous Metals Co. expressed interest in buying Konkola Copper Mines, should the Zambian government succeed in seizing it from Vedanta.
May 27, 2019 Kutcho Copper raises C$2m for BC project The Vancouver-based miner intends to use the proceeds for its Kutcho copper-zinc project in northern BC.
May 27, 2019 Nicola Mining takes another look at New Craigmont’s potential The company plans to advance its New Craigmont copper property with a diamond drilling program this year.
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