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.

April 9, 2019

Antofagasta to stay put on dividend policy but will return cash to shareholders

The company will retain its dividend policy of paying out at least 35% of underlying net earnings, but will pay out excess funds from the proceeds of sales to shareholders,