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Freeport-McMoRan posts Q3 profit boosted by gold prices

The average price Freeport received for its gold surged nearly 28% to 1,902 per ounce in Q3, with copper and gold sales nearly 7% higher than the company's July estimates.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 22, 2020 | 10:04 am

How we’re positioning natural resources for a potential “blue wave”

Renewable energy could see further gains following next month's election.

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | October 21, 2020 | 12:03 pm

Miners speed up automation as covid-19 impacts linger

About 20% of people currently working in the mining and…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 21, 2020 | 3:01 am

Copper snapshot: Eight companies with promising assets

With rising prices, a favourable supply-demand outlook and few new…

Northern Miner Staff | October 20, 2020 | 4:46 pm

Copper price surges to 28-month high

Strikes in top producer Chile, hopes of US economic stimulus…

Frik Els | October 20, 2020 | 10:18 am

Alaska senator vows action to stop Pebble mine

Senator Lisa Murkowski says she will use the federal appropriations process to protect the Bristol Bay region.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 19, 2020 | 11:36 am

Biden won’t ban fracking, but his clean grid would choke gas

Democratic $2 trillion clean-energy plan aims to edge natural gas out of the power mix within 15 years.

Bloomberg News | October 19, 2020 | 8:20 am

Kinross Gold mulling sale of Americas mines

The Canadian miner is also said to be considering moving its primary stock listing to London and doubling down on its portfolio of assets in Russia and West Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 19, 2020 | 6:25 am