Copper Top Stories

Pebble Partnership CEO resigns over leaked tape

Comments made about elected and regulatory officials in Alaska in private conversations videotaped by an environmental activist group.

MINING.com Editor | September 23, 2020 | 3:36 pm

Tesla bets on mining with Nevada lithium claim

The company is planning to build its own cathode factory.

MINING.com Editor | September 23, 2020 | 1:13 pm

Glencore tags $355m to extend life of Australian copper assets

Mount Isa Mines' copper smelter and the Townsville copper refinery…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 23, 2020 | 7:35 am

Rockcliff expands wholly owned Tower deposit

Drill results in Manitoba have increased the strike length of…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 23, 2020 | 1:44 am

Taseko advances Florence permitting in Arizona

Company said its copper project in Arizona received strong support…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 22, 2020 | 11:23 am

Reopening of controversial Spanish copper mine sparks heated debate

The contract has been awarded to a consortium headed by Grupo Mexico, the same company responsible of a major toxic spill in Sonora last year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 26, 2015 | 2:00 pm

Poor provincial grade disputed by BC mining group

The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia says the province still top destination for companies and investors.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 26, 2015 | 10:39 am

UPDATED: The world’s top 10 gold producers

Number one Barrick Gold's output drops in 2014, but fellow Canadian firm Agnico Eagle adds 30% to production ounces.

Vladimir Basov | February 26, 2015 | 12:34 am

Copper price jumps to 6-week high after Chinese factory data

Red metal has now clawed back 62% of its 2015 losses after Chinese manufacturing expands for the first time in four months.

Frik Els | February 25, 2015 | 9:12 pm

Will a dry spell in Chile curb a global oversupply of copper?

A raging seven-year drought affecting copper-rich Chile is making miners grow anxious, with BHP and Anglo American already reporting an impact in their operations.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 25, 2015 | 6:34 pm

Rio’s Turquoise Hill gets rid of remaining stake in SouthGobi

Chinese Novel Sunrise Investments has agreed to buy 48.7 million shares in SouthGobi —which was once worth over US$2.4 billion —for 35 cents per share in cash.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 25, 2015 | 3:38 pm