April 11, 2019 After legal battle, Los Andes Copper’s past drilling campaign receives approval In 2017, Chile's Superintendency of Environmental Affairs filed a notice saying the campaign violated the country's environmental regulations.
April 10, 2019 Codelco ‘perfectly well’ financed for next two years — board chairman Codelco returns all of its profits to the state and is funded by a mix of capitalization and debt.
April 10, 2019 Revitalizing its copper mines may not be sufficient to keep Chile at the fore Demand for copper is expected to take off by the mid-2020s, but Chile is saddled with mines facing crippling declines in ore grades and a system that allows the bulk…
April 10, 2019 From turbines to thermostats: copper miners eye high-tech demand Attempts to replace copper in a lithium-ion battery's anode with aluminum have failed so far, which bodes well for major copper miners.
April 10, 2019 Smart money is piling into oil Oil prices jumped to five-month highs this week, pushed higher by a bullish cocktail of supply outages, geopolitical unrest and a sputtering shale sector.
April 10, 2019 McEwen ponders sale of Mexican assets The net proceeds would be used to advance other development projects and retire a portion of the company’s debt.
April 10, 2019 Copper producer KGHM may freeze more mines in Canada, US – CEO KGHM's foreign assets have struggled with rising costs, falling copper prices, technical problems and higher-than-expected capital spending.
April 10, 2019 Aurania finds high-grade copper and silver at the Lost Cities — Cutucu project in Ecuador Reconnaissance exploration identified boulders in streams that contain up to 11.9% copper with 166g/t silver.
April 10, 2019 SolGold scores again at Cascabel project The miner has found further mineralization at its Cascabel copper-gold project. Cascabel is believed to have the potential to become one of the largest copper-gold assets ever discovered.
April 9, 2019 Chile’s Collahuasi copper mine expects to match 2018 record output this year – CEO Last year the mine produced 560,000 tonnes of copper, placing it among Chile´s top three producing mines.
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