January 8, 2019

A cold blast from China chills industrial metals markets: Andy Home

The London Metal Exchange index slumped to a one-and-a-half year low of 2730.1 on Jan. 3.

January 8, 2019

Deep in a Panama rainforest, First Quantum bondholders spy prize

The company's Cobre Panama is a large open-pit copper project 120 km (74.6 miles) west of Panama City and 20 km from the Caribbean Sea coast.

January 8, 2019

Chile’s copper production to exceed 6 million tonnes for first time in 2019

Production of the red metal, the agency says, could reach a record of 7.25 million tonnes as early as 2025.

January 7, 2019

Vancouver junior Auryn gets positive results from Peruvian copper-gold project

According to the company, the copper-gold skarn mineralization at its Sombrero project has geological similarities to Glencore’s Tintaya mine and MMG’s Las Bambas mine.

January 7, 2019

Pancontinental starts drilling Ontario nickel-cobalt-copper project

Pancon revealed that its objective for the initial phase of Montcalm’s program is to drill at least 4,500 metres to test a series of new conductor targets identified in 2018.

January 6, 2019

Congo election results delayed past Sunday deadline

Government has delayed the release of provisional results from last week’s presidential election as criticism of the country’s handling of the vote grew.

January 6, 2019

Global copper market under supplied, demand on the rise — report

But over the long term, the global copper deficit is expected to shrink, and the market will shift to oversupply.

January 6, 2019

Ecuador’s rising opposition to mining may thwart exploration boom

As mining projects face headwinds from rising tensions, investors' courage will be tested, says Fitch Solutions Macro Research, which could hinder Ecuador’s plan to attract $4 billion to the sector…

January 5, 2019

Zambia Vedanta unit halts operations at underground mine on tax concerns

Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), majority owned by Vedanta, suspended operations at its Nchanga mine following the introduction of an import duty on copper concentrates, the company said.

January 4, 2019

Top 3 reasons to avoid running project cost estimates in-house

There are real costs associated with conducting project cost estimates in-house.