May 10, 2019 Amazon rainforest is ours and not yours, Brazil tells the world The comments coincide with government plans to review existing conservation areas amid growing pressure from mining and agriculture lobbies.
May 9, 2019 Forum Energy Metals inks $30m option with Rio on Janice Lake The property has geologic features that are analogous to the giant Udokan development project in Russia, which is the largest undeveloped copper project in the world.
May 9, 2019 Australian junior Aurelia forgoes Glencore copper mine buy The exploration and development company became the second Australian miner since April to back off from plans to buy the Glencore's CSA, in New South Wales.
May 8, 2019 Nevada Copper inks $115m deal to construct Pumpkin Hollow Nevada's first copper mine in a decade is set to enter production during the final quarter of this year.
May 8, 2019 Trump bans trade in Iranian metals, ratcheting up tensions The latest order aims to discourage foreign companies and countries that may still be trying to maintain business with Iran.
May 8, 2019 Kinross mulls options to resume long-term operations in Chile The Canadian miner may soon make a decision about returning to long-term production in Chile.
May 7, 2019 Noront chooses Sault Ste. Marie for site of production facility Noront owns or has interests in several projects in Ontario’s Ring of Fire.
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.
AME: British Columbia lifts budget to support mineral claims permitting The province has committed an additional C$3 million to improve the province's mineral claims permitting and consultation framework. January 26, 2026 | 12:53 pm
