Copper Top Stories

Metals markets to move into surplus — report

Fitch has revised down 2020 copper consumption growth forecasts for China and the US.

MINING.com Editor | May 11, 2020 | 12:40 pm

Indonesia govt, parliament committee agree on mining law revision bill

Miners will now be allowed to ask for an expansion…

Reuters | May 11, 2020 | 8:57 am

Carmakers urged to invest in mines to avoid battery metal pinch

Auto companies have outlined plans to spend more than $140…

Bloomberg News | May 11, 2020 | 8:43 am

Aurania finds road that may have connected ancient mining towns in Ecuador

Using LiDAR, the field team identified what could be an…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 11, 2020 | 6:20 am

SolGold scores $150m in funding from Franco Nevada

The Ecuador-focused copper and gold miner will use the funding…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2020 | 5:45 am

Latest Stories

Barrick’s Pascua Lama workers drop strike

Had workers on strike, they would have affected the construction a the water management system, which is the main condition imposed by Chilean authorities to allow Barrick restart work at the mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 8, 2013 | 6:22 pm

Chinese said to eye Ivanhoe Mines stake

Robert Friedland's African projects capture the interests of China National Gold after state-owned firm said no to African Barrick.

Frik Els | November 7, 2013 | 10:09 pm

Copper mine contamination leads to $20 million settlement for small town residents

Residents of a Northern Nevada town are $20 million richer after reaching a settlement with a company accused of covering up a […]

Ana Komnenic | November 6, 2013 | 9:35 pm

Mongolia revokes 106 exploration licences

Exploration companies operating in the Asian nation have become collateral damage in a criminal case involving former senior government employees at Mongolia's mining regulator.

Frik Els | November 6, 2013 | 8:21 pm

Taseko cries foul over panel review

Taseko says panel wasn't looking at the right tailings storage design.

Ana Komnenic | November 6, 2013 | 8:12 pm

SLIDESHOW: Chile turns world’s largest open pit copper mine into an underground operation

The $4.2 billion underground operation is expected to produce 140,000 tonnes of copper per day.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 6, 2013 | 8:30 am

Peru confirms China’s largest copper producer wants a stake in Las Bambas

Peru’s Minister of Energy and Mines Jorge Merino expects sale to close before the 2014 deadline.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 5, 2013 | 4:58 pm

Switzerland launches probe into refiner Argor for alleged Congo gold laundering

Swiss authorities to determine whether the firm knew the gold it handled in 2004 and 2005 came from a militia group in eastern Congo.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 5, 2013 | 12:03 pm

Goldcorp’s $3.9 billion El Morro faces new legal threat

Indigenous community opposing the project to submit new lawsuit against it this month.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 4, 2013 | 8:13 pm

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