Chile open to modifying copper royalty bill on miners objectionsIf changes are approved, miners will pay a fixed "ad valorem" component of 1% on copper sales and 8% to 26% on their operating margins.Cecilia Jamasmie | March 22, 2023 | 3:58 am
Latitude 66 confirms another cobalt-gold discovery in FinlandSignificant new gobalt and gold intersections were identified as part…Staff Writer | March 21, 2023 | 1:19 pm
US Forest Service to OK land swap for Rio’s Tinto’s Arizona copper mine before JulyResolution mine would destroy a site of religious importance to…Reuters | March 21, 2023 | 11:58 am
Russia’s largest new copper deposit to be developed under UN Global Compact guidelines Udokan Copper, owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov's holding firm USM, has joined the UN Global Compact. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 26, 2021 | 8:25 am
Codelco requests second arbitration against Ecuador over copper project The Llurimagua project has been the subject of commercial tensions since November 2020. Reuters | December 24, 2021 | 1:03 pm
Copper supply in 2022 – eyes on Chile, Peru, DRC Bank of America expects demand to hold firm next year and only sees a surplus in 2023. MINING.com Editor | December 24, 2021 | 12:13 pm
Mundoro partners with Vale to explore for copper in US Mundoro has a string of projects focused on copper and gold in eastern Europe. Northern Miner Staff | December 23, 2021 | 9:36 am
McEwen Copper commits to PFS for Los Azules project in Argentina The preliminary economic assessment prepared in 2017 put the after-tax NPV at $2.2 billion (at an 8% discount) and the IRR at 20.1%. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 23, 2021 | 7:42 am
New industrial WiFi system to bring 6G technologies to remote, underground mines University of Sydney researchers are developing an industrial long-range WiFi system that transmits signals to hard-to-reach places while maintaining high data rates. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 23, 2021 | 6:06 am
Peru villagers agree to lift blockade at Las Bambas copper mine in short truce The Chumbivilcas communities agreed to suspend their blockade of Las Bambas mine until a Dec. 30 meeting. Bloomberg News | December 22, 2021 | 2:35 pm
Generation Mining clinches C$240m stream with Wheaton for Marathon construction A March 2021 feasibility study outlined a 13-year open pit mine at Marathon. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 22, 2021 | 10:47 am
Surpluses on the horizon to douse fire under copper prices Mine supply is expected to rise 3.9% to nearly 22 million tonnes next year, according to the International Copper Study Group. Reuters | December 22, 2021 | 9:59 am