Lockheed Martin sells deep-sea mining firm to Norway’s LokeUK Seabed Resources holds a 100% interest in two deep sea mineral licences in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.Reuters | March 16, 2023 | 10:43 am
EU tags copper and nickel as strategic, but industry wants moreThe Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) unveiled by the EU…Reuters | March 16, 2023 | 10:06 am
First Quantum resumes operations at Panama copper mineMiner suspended ore processing operations on Feb. 23 after a…Reuters | March 15, 2023 | 2:35 pm
Peru to insist on tax reform with new bills after legislative thumbs down, says minister The result was a blow to the four-month old administration of leftist President Pedro Castillo. Reuters | December 17, 2021 | 11:59 am
Freeport, China smelters agree higher copper treatment charges for 2022 The 2022 charges are 9.2% higher than this year's benchmark. Reuters | December 16, 2021 | 8:09 pm
Peru PM says state of emergency would be ‘last resort’ as Las Bambas stops operations Under a state of emergency, civil liberties are suspended. Bloomberg News | December 16, 2021 | 8:04 pm
Falco raises $13 million for Horne 5 engineering, studies The project is in the Rouyn-Noranda camp of Quebec, in the footprint of the former Horne mine that Noranda operated from 1927 to 1976. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 16, 2021 | 9:51 am
Europe’s green deal needs to get round anti-mining roadblock If the EU is going to persuade its citizens of its green credentials, policy-makers may have to get into the dirty side of mining, writes Andy Home. Reuters | December 16, 2021 | 7:52 am
Copper price jumps on Fed’s upbeat view The Fed said the US economy would remain resilient despite the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant and pointed to low unemployment figures. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 16, 2021 | 7:12 am
IGO to buy Western Areas for A$1.1bn amid soaring nickel demand The cash splurge will boost IGO’s nickel business from a short-life, single asset operation to a multi-asset division. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 16, 2021 | 5:55 am
MMG shuts down Las Bambas copper mine as talks fail The company will stop production from Dec. 18 after failing to reach an agreement with the Peruvian community blocking a transport road to the mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 16, 2021 | 3:55 am
Sleepy copper ETF surges to $1.7 billion assets as EV bets boom The Global X Copper Miners ETF saw a record $196.1 million inflow during Tuesday’s broader selloff on inflation concerns, increasing the fund’s assets 13% to an all-time high. Bloomberg News | December 15, 2021 | 1:27 pm