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Chinese trader’s $20 million pile of Russian copper goes missing

Wuchan Zhongda Group, which had sales of $80 billion in 2023, bought 2,000 tons of refined copper from a Russian smelter that should have been delivered last month.

Bloomberg News | June 13, 2024 | 7:49 am

Ivanhoe Electric refutes Ma’aden share sale claims

Ivanhoe said Saudi Arabia's Ma’aden, its 50/50 partner in the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 13, 2024 | 5:25 am

Inflection Resources uses space technology to search for copper in Australia’s Macquarie Arc

The initiative leverages the real-time Ambient Noise Tomography survey capabilities…

Staff Writer | June 12, 2024 | 2:03 pm

A fifth of copper smelting capacity suspended in May, data shows

Global inactivity reached 25.4% on May 8, with seasonal maintenance…

Reuters | June 12, 2024 | 11:28 am

Ero Copper’s Tucumã project set for production in early Q3

The Tucumã open-pit mine is expected to produce 7,000 to…

Staff Writer | June 12, 2024 | 8:14 am

Barrick, Antofagasta to spend $95m exploring for copper in Chile

Through the newly formed Minera El Encierro, the companies will carry out exploration for five years in a property comprising 35 concessions.

Staff Writer | January 4, 2024 | 5:45 am

Teck ditches coal, flags lower copper output in Chile

Japan’s Nippon Steel and South Korea's Posco now own Teck's prior minority stake in Elk Valley Resources, the steelmaking coal business.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 4, 2024 | 3:49 am

Workers at First Quantum’s shuttered Panama mine warn of threat to ‘invade’ site

The miners' union expressed concern about the construction workers' plans to force their way into the mine on Jan. 9.

Reuters | January 4, 2024 | 3:17 am

Chile’s copper production down 2.34% in November – Cochilco

Production was down 16% at Codelco, while it jumped 6.3% at Escondida and rose 2.8% in Collahuasi.

Reuters | January 3, 2024 | 1:48 pm

Barrick sounds out First Quantum holders on possible bid

Chief executive Mark Bristow approached some of First Quantum’s largest investors late last year, according to Bloomberg sources.

Bloomberg News | January 3, 2024 | 9:07 am

Ivanhoe ships first copper through Angola via railway

Initial shipment of nearly 1,110 tonnes of Kamoa-Kakula's copper concentrate arrived at the Angolan port in eight days.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 3, 2024 | 3:51 am

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Chinese trader’s $20 million pile of Russian copper goes missing

Ivanhoe Electric refutes Ma’aden share sale claims

Inflection Resources uses space technology to search for copper in Australia’s Macquarie Arc

A fifth of copper smelting capacity suspended in May, data shows

Ero Copper’s Tucumã project set for production in early Q3

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Barrick, Antofagasta to spend $95m exploring for copper in Chile

Teck ditches coal, flags lower copper output in Chile

Workers at First Quantum’s shuttered Panama mine warn of threat to ‘invade’ site

Chile’s copper production down 2.34% in November – Cochilco

Barrick sounds out First Quantum holders on possible bid

Ivanhoe ships first copper through Angola via railway

Condor Resources, Teck team up at Cobreorco copper-gold project in Peru

AbraSilver farms out La Coipita project in Argentina to Teck

Copper price rises on positive factory data in China