December 23, 2020 First Cobalt gets C$10m government boost to refinery Funding will allow company to accelerate the development of its cobalt refinery in Ontario, 600 km from the US border.
December 22, 2020 Positive feasibility study for Midas Gold’s Idaho project Stibnite project, as envisioned in the FS, would become one of the largest and highest-grade open pit gold mines in the United States.
December 21, 2020 Excellon expands Kilgore gold property Remote sensing work produced results suggestive of alteration associated with target epithermal gold systems.
December 21, 2020 Excelsior produces first copper cathode at Gunnison in Arizona The in-situ recovery (ISR) operation is expected to sell the first copper cathodes in January 2021.
December 21, 2020 Gold price climbs on US stimulus agreement Gold prices climbed to a six-week high on Monday on agreement of the $900 billion covid-19 relief bill.
December 21, 2020 Excelsior produces first copper cathode at Gunnison The company in-situ recovery operation is expected to sell the first copper cathodes in January 2021.
December 21, 2020 Excellon expands Kilgore gold property, plans to drill targets next summer After adding the Kilgore project in Idaho to its portfolio in April 2020, Excellon Resources has now increased the size of this property by 28%, adding 14.8 sq. km.
December 18, 2020 Copper price powers on – “tell-tale signs of supercycle” Copper prices jumps to highest since February 2013 on hopes US economic stimulus will further boost demand for metal already in short supply amid an Asian factory and construction boom.
December 18, 2020 Blowout profits seen boosting miners trading at multi-year highs With rising commodity prices and a drop in production costs setting the stage for blowout profits, copper producers are poised for their best year in over a decade.
December 17, 2020 Northern Dynasty to challenge Pebble permit rejection next month The company said it would argue that the USACE’s mitigation requirements for Pebble were contrary to policy and precedent in Alaska.
Copper price nears $13,000 on tariffs woes, supply strain Mine outages, tariff risks and tight supply push copper toward a milestone despite weakening Chinese demand. December 29, 2025 | 05:51 am