Copper Top Stories

Ecuador’s President asks court to resume environmental consultations

Popular referendums, halted since last week, are a necessary step for any mining company hoping to obtain an environmental license in Ecuador.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 9, 2023 | 9:55 am

Newcrest leftovers don’t appeal to Australia’s top gold miners

Newmont is widely expected by sector executives to sell the…

Bloomberg News | August 9, 2023 | 7:46 am

Hudbay Minerals closes second quarter with $14.9 million loss

It attributed the results to the acquisition of Copper Mountain,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 9, 2023 | 4:07 am

Nunavut copper finds send Aston Metals shares through the stratosphere

The Storm copper project on Somerset Island, Nunavut, has been…

Henry Lazenby | August 8, 2023 | 2:45 pm

Barrick CEO sees few good deals despite mining’s M&A revival

"The problem is that, in the gold industry, most of…

Bloomberg News | August 8, 2023 | 1:28 pm

Pan Pacific plans 18.9% increase in second-half copper output

Japan's biggest copper supplier plans to produce 303,300 tonnes of refined copper in the second half of the 2022/23 financial year.

Reuters | October 7, 2022 | 7:14 am

LME seeks market opinion on possible Russian metal ban

The world's largest and oldest metals exchange highlights three options and requests feedback by market participants by Oct. 28.

Reuters | October 6, 2022 | 12:51 pm

Chile files sinkhole-related charges against Lundin Mining

Two of the four charges filed by the environmental regulator are related to overextraction and construction outside of approved zones.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 6, 2022 | 8:35 am

Filo Mining shares rise following new drills results from Aurora zone

Hole 67 returned an intersection of 1,131.6 metres at 1.11% copper equivalent from a depth of 132 metres.

Staff Writer | October 6, 2022 | 8:29 am

Horizonte Minerals flags cost increase at Brazil nickel project

The company started building the Araguaia nickel mine, which it acquired from Glencore in 2015, in May this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 6, 2022 | 6:26 am

USGS, NASA to map southwestern United States for critical mineral potential

With $16 million in funding from the Biden administration, portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah will be mapped for critical mineral potential.

Staff Writer | October 6, 2022 | 6:06 am

Harmony Gold expands into copper with $230m project buy

The Eva project in Australia adds 1.72 billion pounds of copper and 260,000 ounces of gold to Harmony's mineral reserves.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 6, 2022 | 3:54 am

Surging coal, lithium prices can’t stem sell-off in top 50 mining stocks

World’s 50 biggest mining companies have shed $627 billion since hitting highs in March this year even as investors pile into the best performing sectors.

Frik Els | October 5, 2022 | 3:40 pm

LME blocks new metal from Russia’s UMMC after UK sanctions

The move is by far the most significant restriction on Russian supplies by the world’s main metals market since the invasion of Ukraine.

Bloomberg News | October 5, 2022 | 1:53 pm

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