June 17, 2019 Chile’s Chuquicamata copper mine operations halved amid strike More than 3,000 unionized workers at the world's top copper producer's sprawling Chuquicamata copper mine walked off the job last week.
June 17, 2019 First Quantum ships first copper concentrate from Cobre Panama mine The key milestone for Cobre Panama comes at a time when the market is in need of high concentrate volumes due to recent supply disruptions.
June 17, 2019 Zambia’s Mopani Copper Mines shuts down smelter Mopani could not immediately say what impact the shutdown would have on production, which totalled 119,000 tonnes of finished copper in 2018.
June 17, 2019 Ivanhoe to produce first copper concentrate from giant DRC mine in a year The Canadian miner is moving full-speed with construction of its Kakula — the stage one, six-million-tonne-per-annum (6 Mtpa) operation — that is part of the vast Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex.
June 16, 2019 One trapped miner in Chile rescued, one dead, one remains missing Chilean authorities found alive one of three Bolivian miners trapped beneath the rubble at a small copper mine early on Saturday, while another was found dead.
June 14, 2019 Strike at Codelco’s largest copper mine triggers new supply fears About 3,200 unionized workers at Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile downed tools on Friday after failing to reach a deal with the company.
June 14, 2019 EPA to probe permits issued to PolyMet’s copper-nickel project in Minnesota According to documents released late Thursday, EPA staff scientists voiced their concerns about key permits for the NorthMet project issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in late 2018.
June 14, 2019 Cordoba to restart PEA work for Alacrán deposit in Colombia As part of the PEA, the miner is re-evaluating the Alacrán mineral resource estimate.
June 13, 2019 Canada’s Supreme Court rejects First Nations appeal on copper mine According to the Tsilhqot’in, the provincial permit allows Taseko to clear 76 kilometres of new or modified road and trail, and drill up to 122 test holes near the Fish…
June 13, 2019 Blackwater founder expands operations in Congo Among its aims are "the exploration, exploitation and commercialisation of minerals", forest logging, security, transport, construction and "all financial, investment and project financing operations.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
