Copper Top Stories

Amazon rainforest’s riches up for grabs as Brazil to open indigenous reserves to mining

Brazil’s new right-wing government is going ahead with announced changes to current mining regulations, which include a controversial plan to open up indigenous reserves to mining.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 8, 2019 | 9:00 am

Tanzania threatens Acacia with closing North Mara over water pollution

The country's No.1 gold producer says the "brief" spill affecting…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 8, 2019 | 3:39 am

Copper price: Chinese concentrate imports hit monthly record

Smelter expansions have increased demand and competition for copper concentrate…

Frik Els | March 8, 2019 | 12:32 am

First Cobalt extends Iron Creek mineralization by 150 metres

First Cobalt Corp. has drilled its deepest hole to date…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 7, 2019 | 4:24 pm

Murchison now owns 100% of the HPM project in Québec

The Toronto-based miner acquired Pure Nickel's 50% interest in the…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 7, 2019 | 7:02 am

Collahuasi says port repair to take 3 months

Chile’s Collahuasi copper mine said on Tuesday repairs to a damaged shiploader at its Patache port would take around three months, as […]

MINING.com Editor | January 20, 2011 | 5:25 pm

South Korea tenders for copper and tin ingots

3,000 tonnes of copper and 200 tonnes of tin ingots sought by South Korea, says Public Procurement Service.

Mineweb | January 18, 2011 | 8:33 am

We’ll save our copper smelting project, says China’s Xinjiang Xinxin

Xinjiang Xinxin to pull out all the stops to meet environmental regulations and get government go-ahead to build copper smelter.

Mineweb | January 17, 2011 | 10:44 am

FQM copper and gold production fall on Frontier mine expropriation

As expected, First Quantum's 2010 metals output suffered from the forced closure of its Frontier Mine by the DRC Government in its ongoing dispute with the Canadian miner. Canada's First Quantum Minerals (FM.TO) full-year copper production fell to

Mineweb | January 14, 2011 | 10:06 am

Inmet, Lundin agree to C$9bn merger into Symterra

Two Canadian miners, Inmet and Lundin, have agreed to an all-share merger that will create Canada’s second largest base and industrial metals […]

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 8:29 pm

Environmental assessment begins for Ajax copper-gold mine

The environmental review has begun for the proposed Ajax copper-gold mine 10 km southwest of Kamloops, BC, Canada. The project is being […]

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 8:05 pm

Chile’s Codelco to invest $16bn 2011-2015

Chile’s state copper giant Codelco will invest over $16-billion between 2011-2015 and expects copper prices to remain strong in the long-term, the […]

MINING.com Editor | January 13, 2011 | 7:13 pm

Copper drops as mystery buyer keeps cover

The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting a drop in copper on the LME for the fifth straight session, after reaching a record […]

MINING.com Editor | January 11, 2011 | 4:32 pm

HudBay to pay C$397.5M for Norsemont

The cash and stock deal will provide the Canadian miner with access to a major copper deposit in Peru BANGALORE (Reuters) - Canada's HudBay Minerals Inc (HBM.TO: Quote) agreed to buy Norsemont Mining Inc (NOM.TO: Quote) to gain access to a major copper

Mineweb | January 11, 2011 | 12:16 am

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