Copper Top Stories

Funds collide with fundamentals in red hot copper cauldron

Funds are riding a wave of Chinese buying that has confounded the market and seen LME copper rise from its March low of $4,371 per tonne to a two-year high of $6,830.

Andy Home - Reuters | September 8, 2020 | 8:31 am

Mining ‘green metals’ may increase pressure on key biodiversity areas – study

Researchers found that mining metals for a clean energy transition…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 8, 2020 | 6:30 am

World’s biggest copper supplier saw sales slump last month

Chile reported copper shipments of $2.76 billion for August, an…

Bloomberg News | September 7, 2020 | 9:39 am

SEC to examine Rio Tinto whistleblower claims over Oyu Tolgoi

The U.S regulator has not yet decided to launch an…

Reuters | September 6, 2020 | 2:09 pm

How CO2 makes ‘green metals’ accessible to miners

Scientists discovered that carbon dioxide plays a crucial role in…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 6, 2020 | 6:00 am

Most copper producers in Zambia losing money — Chamber of Mines

The situation may soon change, as authorities have began talks with the country’s top miners, signalling the possibility of a compromise over the country’s new tax regime.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 19, 2015 | 2:50 pm

Mount Polley mine on track for restart

Beleaguered Imperial Metals (TSX:III), whose Mount Polley mine in central British Columbia breached a tailings pond last summer, has submitted a plan to restart the copper and gold mine.

Andrew Topf | January 18, 2015 | 10:22 pm

Former Barrick Gold chief the new owner of Iamgold’s Niobec mine in Quebec

This is Aaron Regent’s first acquisition since founding Toronto-based Magris Resources.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 16, 2015 | 2:03 pm

Lust for gold eating up the world’s last rainforests: study

Artisanal and illegal gold mining is fast extending its destructive reach into some of the world’s most untouched landscapes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 16, 2015 | 10:50 am

Defending mineral tenure in Canada against foreign court orders

A mineral exploration company faced an unusual situation recently, when Ontario mining officials enforced foreign orders against mining claims for which the company had recorded its interest.

Norton Rose Fulbright | January 15, 2015 | 11:43 pm

These are the top 10 global mining trends for 2015

Price volatility, geopolitical turmoil, rising costs, declining grades and a general lack of financing will make of 2015 another challenging year for the sector.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2015 | 4:53 pm

Top 10 copper mines plunge $134 billion in value

Over just two days the copper price rout has slashed $134 billion off the value of the reserves of the world's largest producers.

Frik Els | January 15, 2015 | 1:22 am

Freeport, Glencore lead stocks bloodbath driven by copper collapse

Copper tumbled Wednesday to fresh six-year lows, dipping below $5,500 a tonne. Stocks in miners of the industrial metal are getting hammered.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 14, 2015 | 3:53 pm

‘Mick the Miner’ goes after Vale’s nickel assets

The 56 year old who built Xstrata into one of the world’s biggest mining firms and then sold it to Glencore, is tipped to be on the verge of landing his first big fish.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 14, 2015 | 11:00 am

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