Europe researches, miners work on social licence to operate framework

Mine access roads blockaded by contractors at BHP Billiton's Escondida mine have been re-opened.

Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was awarded a contract from Teck (NYSE: TCK) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Highland Valley Copper Mill Optimization project in British Columbia, Canada.

The Canadian penny will get a ministerial send off when the Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will be on hand to watch the last minting.

Due to its widespread use in construction, communication and transport copper is a bellwether for the global metals industry. The red metal […]

Contract workers blocked some roads to Chile's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest, on Thursday in a bonus dispute, although production operations weren't halted

Indonesia has decided to have its mining cake and eat it too, as the country, one of the world’s largest exporters of copper and coal, will start imposing a 20% tax on mining exports beginning next week.

Toronto-based First Nickel (TSX:FNI) had a good quarter, raising its production at the Lockerby mine 87% from Q4 2011.

Major copper producer Grupo Mexico reported a 35% jump in first-quarter profit, helped in part by higher mine production numbers.

Draft legislation, a copy of which was seen by the Financial Times on Wednesday, gave "the clearest sign yet that Mongolia is uncomfortable with the large foreign investments that have so far been a mainstay of economic growth."