Copper Top Stories

Greatland, Newcrest to deliver initial resource at Havieron in Q4 2020

Newcrest’s ongoing drilling campaign at the Havieron deposit identified a new breccia zone open at depth and which continues to expand with further drilling.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 11, 2020 | 6:18 am

Freeport’s Grasberg go-go days back as gold, copper prices rally

Freeport's iconic open cut mine in Indonesia is going underground…

Frik Els | September 10, 2020 | 8:54 pm

Carbon emission curves for iron ore, copper, met coal and nickel

Skarn has also created mine-by-mine carbon intensity curves for gold,…

Skarn Associates | September 10, 2020 | 3:30 pm

India to restrict metals imports with an eye on China

Country is planning to raise surveillance of copper and aluminum…

Reuters | September 10, 2020 | 8:22 am

Turquoise Hill stock tanks on Mongolia mine funding

Turquoise Hill shares dropped 23% after controlling shareholder Rio Tinto…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 10, 2020 | 7:14 am

MMG to begin pre-extraction at Las Bambas despite copper rout

The firm expects production at Ferrobamba, one of the four deposits that make up Las Bambas project, to start early next year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2015 | 12:00 pm

Mining M&A: Private equity can’t run away fast enough

The smart money is waiting for fire sale prices before jumping into metals and mining. Or worse; has simply lost interest in the sector.

Frik Els | January 29, 2015 | 1:32 am

Anglo American set for commodity slump-triggered charge

The firm became the first major mining company to openly accept the toll that slumping commodity prices are taking on the global industry.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 28, 2015 | 4:49 pm

Report on what caused Mount Polley disaster expected this week

The highly anticipated independent expert panel report will determine the cause of the dam failure and is expected to lead to new safety standards for the entire Canadian mining industry.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 28, 2015 | 11:46 am

Freeport-McMoRan slashes capital spending, to divest stake in Indonesian unit

The U.S. largest miner by market value and revenue has already slashed its capital budget for the year by $2bn and it is ready to make further cuts.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 27, 2015 | 4:35 pm

Congo risking billions with planned tax hike, mining code revision

The central Africa nation may also lose its position as the continent’s top copper producer.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 27, 2015 | 12:25 pm

Yukon Zinc temporarily closing Wolverine Mine

Some crew will be assigned to care and maintenance.

Michael Allan McCrae | January 27, 2015 | 12:38 am

Rio Tinto to drop Oyu Tolgoi $1.6bn royalty if expansion gets ok from Mongolia

Documents obtained and verified by The Australian, show that Rio Tinto offered Mongolia to forsake a “net smelter return” of 2% cent of the project’s revenue.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 26, 2015 | 8:31 pm

Zambia’s new leader to keep polemic mining tax

Newly elected President Edgar Lungu wants to keep mining royalties at 20%, as opposed to the 6% companies were paying a month ago.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 26, 2015 | 5:00 pm

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