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Low copper prices force Codelco to revise underground expansion of Chuquicamata

Modifications seek to simplify aspects of the project originally approved in 2010 in order to optimize mineral handling.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 23, 2017 | 7:01 am

Report blasts Antofagasta’s Minera Los Pelambres

Two days before Antofgasta's annual general meeting in London, an 18-pages long report by the London Mining Network slams Los Pelambres' environmental record.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 22, 2017 | 12:51 pm

Rio Tinto launches new debt reduction programme

The company said that today’s announcement is part of its ongoing capital management plan.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 22, 2017 | 9:07 am

Top 10 financings in April

April saw 121 financings close in the Canadian financial markets for C$522.7 million including 55 financings for gold totalling $207.3 million, some 40% of the April total.

Oreninc | May 21, 2017 | 2:32 pm

These 4 charts will turn you into a (raging) zinc price bull

Contract treatment charges – an indicator market tightness – fall by most on record while inventories drop to levels last seen in 2008.

Frik Els | May 19, 2017 | 3:41 pm

Congo to re-evaluate new mining code next week

Move comes 15 months after the country’s government halted the planned revision amid opposition from mining companies and low commodity prices.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2017 | 5:37 am

Rio Tinto says it wants to help Australian small businesses

The change will apply to more than 5,500 Australian suppliers under $1 million of expenditure.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 18, 2017 | 11:44 pm

Venezuelan NGO asks government to kill Mining Arch decree

An NGO based in the southern Bolívar state is calling the Venezuelan government to kill the 2016 decree that creates the Mining Arch of the Orinoco River National Development Strategic Zone.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 18, 2017 | 7:29 pm

China’s building a mega city from scratch – it’s going to suck in lots of steel, copper

Forget One Belt, One Road, the impact of Xiongan New Area on copper, iron ore and aluminum prices will be felt much earlier says new report.

Frik Els | May 18, 2017 | 4:22 pm

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