Tsilhqot’in support Taseko’s application for extension to environmental certificate.

Judge denies Native American bid to block Rio Tinto’s copper project; Rhodium price roars above $20,000 in precious metals’ biggest rally; Rio Tinto to open North America’s first scandium plant in June

The US Forest Service published a final environmental impact statement for the project that critics say will destroy sites deemed sacred by Native Americans.

The measures, which include a reduction in personnel, come several months after the miner had resumed normal operations.

Gold production for the full year exceeded 824,000 ounces.

Operations continue at the copper mine after the country's Supreme Court upheld local indigenous communities' complaint about the project's water use.

Imports of unwrought copper and copper products for the year came in at 6.68 million tonnes.