November 26, 2019

Mongolia says Rio’s Oyu Tolgoi mine expansion to go ahead

The miner feared the government would try to completely renegotiate the agreements underpinning the asset's development.

November 26, 2019

Ecuador to tighten rules for mining waste dams to avoid repeat of Brazil disaster

The new rules will take effect in December and will prohibit the building of so-called tailings dams close to populated areas.

November 26, 2019

Friedland says Congo now more attractive than Chile for copper mines

While Chile, the world’s top copper producer, seeks measures to quell the social unrest that exploded last month, the election of a new President in Congo has improved the country's…

November 26, 2019

Ivanhoe, Congolese authorities discuss Kamoa-Kakula project

Representatives from the Canadian miner met with recently appointed authorities.

November 26, 2019

Glencore’s Mutanda mine in Congo shuts a month early

Suspension comes more than a month before the world's biggest cobalt mine was set to go into care and maintenance.

November 25, 2019

Australia’s Metals X suspends operations at Nifty copper mine

The company said that the decision to shut Nifty would allow it to focus on its Renison Tin Operations in Tasmania.

November 25, 2019

Explorex acquires historical Bonanza Mountain project

The acquisition was made by a combination of staking plus a sale and purchase agreement.

November 21, 2019

Canadian railway strike snags steel, copper trade with US

CN Railway serves all nine smelters in Canada.

November 21, 2019

Kutcho Copper recovers 94.5% Cu, 89.3% Zn in met test

Earlier metallurgical tests done for the prefeasibility study recovered 84.7% of the copper and 75.7% of the zinc.

November 21, 2019

Copper supply deal signals tightest market since the supercycle

Under a new supply deal signed with Freeport-McMoRan, major Chinese smelters have accepted the lowest processing fees to turn mined ore into finished metal seen since 2011.