November 30, 2020

K92 shares up on high-grade drill results at Kora

Company released results from the ongoing diamond drilling of the Kora deposit at the Kainantu gold mine in Papua New Guinea.

November 27, 2020

Copper price surges as demand hopes build

On the Comex market, copper for delivery in December gained 2.85% to $3.4040 a pound ($7,488 a tonne) by mid-afternoon in New York.

November 27, 2020

Miners, smelters still divided on copper processing charges

The first settlement between a major copper miner and a Chinese smelter serves as the benchmark for the year ahead.

November 27, 2020

Hong Kong is the real loser from new China copper contract

HKEx will now have to watch from the sidelines as Shanghai, not Hong Kong, becomes the copper connector between mainland and international markets.

November 26, 2020

Turquoise Hill says Odey’s letter contains false assumptions

"Odey has a clear financial motive to depress Turquoise Hill's share price," the miner said.

November 25, 2020

Fund warns Turquoise Hill over troubled Oyu Tolgoi

The mine is Rio’s biggest copper growth project, but it has faced geological challenges and legal setbacks.

November 17, 2020

RANKED: Top 10 capital raisings – mine developers

Mine developers that have raised the most capital since the beginning of the year.

November 15, 2020

Scientists want sodium-ion batteries to compete with Li-ion batteries

A team of researchers in Asia and Europe are working to speed up research into sodium-ion batteries.

November 12, 2020

Pakistan in talks with Tethyan Copper to resolve $5.8bn dispute

It was reported this week that Tethyan had been given the go-ahead by ICSID to collect half of the arbitration award.

November 12, 2020

Seeking to reopen PNG gold mine, Barrick CEO meets landowners

Mark Bristow met Papua New Guinea landowners on Thursday to discuss royalty arrangements, as the miner seeks to negotiate a reopening of the Porgera gold mine.