Freeport, Tsingshan finalising $2.8bn copper smelter next weekThe smelter will have an input capacity of 2.4 million tonnes of copper concentrate and an output capacity of 600,000 tonnes.Reuters | March 24, 2021 | 7:45 am
Workers at Antofagasta’s Los Pelambres mine accept contract offerNegotiations over the 36-month contract have been lengthy and at…Reuters | March 24, 2021 | 7:27 am
Green Minerals listed in Oslo with aim to mine ocean floor in 2026In January, Norway launched a process to open areas of…Reuters | March 23, 2021 | 7:32 pm
AuRico Metals snaps up prospect generator Kiska Metals for CAD$9.6 million Aurico Metals (TSX:AMI) has added to its royalty portfolio and flagship B.C. asset through the acquisition of Kiska Metals Corporation (TSXV:KSK). Andrew Topf | December 22, 2016 | 9:31 pm
Trump win ignites hope for stalled Alaska copper, gold mine Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. expects the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to announce in the first quarter of 2017 that it will let the application process proceed for the controversial project. Reuters | December 22, 2016 | 4:59 pm
CHART: China’s economy growing fastest since 2013 Turnaround in GDP expansion in world's top commodity consumer over the past few months "almost as sharp as in 2009" says new study. Frik Els | December 22, 2016 | 12:06 pm
The world’s mineral industry meets at PDAC 2017 “ Canada is looked to as a leader in mineral exploration and development,” PDAC | December 21, 2016 | 2:05 pm
Eight dead, 35 injured in Congo mining hub amid anti-Govt protests Congolese security forces accused of shooting civilians in the southern city of Lubumbashi. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 21, 2016 | 5:55 am
These were the top Canadian mining topics of 2016 Commodity price recovery; King Coal on the way out; mining tech on the way in — among the most covered issues this year. Business in Vancouver | December 21, 2016 | 12:30 am
Venezuela misses payout to Spokane gold junior Gold Reserve says initial $300m payment from Venezuela government under $770m copper-gold project seizure settlement "expected in the next few days." Frik Els | December 20, 2016 | 1:53 pm
Newly found ‘ghost octopods’ at risk from deep-sea mining This as the creature lays its eggs on the dead stalks of sponges, attached to rocky crusts, which are rich in metals like manganese. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2016 | 10:03 am
Copper price correction in full swing Profit-takers push copper price down more than 3%. Frik Els | December 19, 2016 | 4:32 pm