Codelco seeks ‘friendly talks’ with Ecuador on Llurimagua copper project

Faced with declining domestic production, China's top copper company says the "only solution is going overseas".

Rights issues are the best way of raising funds in a way that does not disadvantage existing shareholders

New study predicts lowering of cost curve, marginal mines staying open at all costs will see oversupply persist and fifth year of copper price declines.

Copper giant's review of energy division results in axing of executives, but not much more.

Codelco is facing mounting internal pressure to acquire Anglo's stake in Los Bronces mine, in which the Chilean miner already has a 29.5% interest.

This is a story about past, present and future in a mineral-rich corner of the North American continent.

In the final part of our probe into the curious case of Khan Resources, we review events leading to the seizure of the company’s Mongolian assets and its chairman’s unusual death in an Ulaanbaatar hotel.

Don’t get too excited about a deficit. Copper is ever a tight market, an 18-million-tonne giant that always seems to finish the year with only a few hundred thousand tonnes of surplus or deficit.

In the second installment of the curious case of Khan Resources, we explore the company’s turbulent history in Mongolia and document a deal with Russia’s leadership to swap its uranium mines for hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and debt forgiveness.