April 3, 2019 MMG joins Glencore, ERG reviewing Congo plans after tax hike Congo collected $1.57 billion of revenue from mining companies last year, almost double the previous year, mostly in profit tax and royalties.
April 2, 2019 Uganda seeks again to redevelop defunct Kilembe copper mine The Ugandan government is making another attempt to reopen a defunct copper mine estimated to contain 4 million tonnes of ore.
April 2, 2019 First Quantum plans $327m expansion of giant copper mine in Panama The Canadian miner plans to expand Cobre Panama, located about 120 km west of Panama City, and 20 km from the Atlantic coast, from 85 million tonnes per year to…
April 1, 2019 Teck, Sumitomo close Quebrada Blanca transaction Teck Resources and Sumitomo have closed their $1.2B transaction, giving Sumitomo a 30% indirect interest in the Quebrada Blanca copper project.
April 1, 2019 ArcWest finalizes acquisition of Sparrowhawk property in BC The property is adjacent to two significant porphyry copper-gold deposits, including Glencore Canada's Bell and Granisle mines.
March 31, 2019 Sierra Gorda union agrees deal with KGHM to avert Chile copper mine strike The union threatened strike action in mid-March.
March 31, 2019 Northern Vancouver Island’s mineral potential to be surveyed According to Geoscience BC, every time its team runs projects like this one, new investment comes into the region at hand.
March 30, 2019 MMG’s subsidiary in Peru rejects blockade at Las Bambas, asks for dialogue Since early February, the Indigenous community of Nueva Fuerabamba has been blocking a national highway called Corredor Minero del Sur.
March 29, 2019 Chile’s Codelco copper output drops in 2018, profits plunge Pizarro said 18 labor negotiations at Codelco's mines affected its bottom line but that productivity increases kept costs in line with industry averages.
March 28, 2019 K92 Mining reports early result from Blue Lake prospect in Papua New Guinea The company has intersected 175 metres of 0.28 g/t gold at its Blue Lake porphyry prospect in Papua New Guinea.
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm
