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Philippines to expand mining ban to watershed areas, ore exports

In an effort to receive more financial benefits from mining operations, the government's proposal will also require investors in the sector to get legislative approval before operating.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 25, 2017 | 7:08 am

Copper price rally is only gathering momentum

Copper price jumps to near three-year high as likely impact of Chinese scrap metal import ban sparks another session of speculative buying.

Frik Els | August 24, 2017 | 4:58 pm

OZ Minerals to build $700 mln copper mine in Australia

OZ would begin construction of its Carrapateena copper mine in Australia, the country's largest undeveloped copper project, which it estimated would cost A$916 million ($724 million).

Reuters | August 24, 2017 | 3:01 pm

COLUMN-COMEX copper stocks are at 13-year highs, and rising: Andy Home

COMEX stocks are the third, often forgotten component of the global copper inventory picture.

Reuters | August 24, 2017 | 2:12 pm

Congo H1 copper output up 15%, inflation to hit 52%-cbank

Copper output in Congo, Africa's top producer of the metal, rose 15 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2017 to more than half a million tonnes, and cobalt production surged 27 percent to almost 40,000 tonnes, the central bank said.

Reuters | August 24, 2017 | 1:54 pm

The base metal breakout – industrial commodities threaten their decade-long downtrend

Base metals are showing signs of real strength, with prices across the complex breaking out, or threatening to do so.

Sprott's Thoughts | August 24, 2017 | 11:15 am

Trump to open parts of Utah National Monument to miners, oil firms — report

The monument, one of the 27 President Trump is taking a second look at, covers 1.3 million acres (about 5,260 square km), and it includes land considered sacred to Native Americans.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2017 | 9:55 am