March 14, 2017 Glencore sells two Africa zinc mines to Canada’s Trevali The $400 million-deal will make of Trevali the first pure zinc company with operations in North and South America as well as Africa.
March 13, 2017 Greenland closer to building world’s fifth-largest uranium mine The Kvanefjeld project would also be the world’s second-biggest rare earths operation.
March 10, 2017 Mickey Fulp: I’m bullish on the TSX Venture Exchange in 2017 Find out what Mickey Fulp learned from his biggest investing mistakes
February 23, 2017 Mining exploration spending drops to 11-year low Miners and explorers are only spending a third of what they did four years ago – and proportion of greenfield exploration are at record lows.
February 23, 2017 Glencore sees zinc, nickel, copper price rally continuing Wall of copper supply never materialized, nickel market recorded first deficit since 2010 and zinc, lead will only get tighter in 2017.
February 16, 2017 Zinc, lead rally bad news for silver price Silver is mainly a byproduct of zinc, lead (and copper) mining and capacity coming back on stream could see return of silver's chronic oversupply issues.
February 15, 2017 These 10 companies spend most looking for gold, copper Majors and juniors swap roles in $7 billion a year mining exploration sector
February 14, 2017 Colombia – a hidden lead story Despite hosting three mountain ranges (cordilleras) which belong to the Andes system- a prolific mineral terrain - Colombia is not a mining nation.
February 14, 2017 Freeport halts Grasberg mine, begins sending workers home The firm has not been able to ship copper from the mine in over a month due to a ban on concentrate exports that kicked in on January 12.
February 3, 2017 Freeport may curb Indonesia operations if Grasberg deal delayed further Miner says that each month of delay in obtaining approval to export means production would be reduced by 70 million pounds of copper and 70,000 ounces of gold.
First Quantum backs Panama’s plan to allow stockpile processing at shuttered copper mine Cobre Panama, one of the world's largest open-pit copper deposits, was closed in 2023 following protests from local residents over tax contributions and environmental impacts. January 15, 2026 | 03:48 pm
