Lawsuits have hampered the government’s efforts to privatize the assets.

Drilling returned 14 m averaging 14.94 g/t Au at the Candelones Extension deposit.

ICSG estimates a deficit of about 50,000 tonnes of copper this year and a surplus of about 70,000 tonnes in 2021.

Europe's largest copper producer, expects to achieve its earnings forecast this year despite the economic damage from the coronavirus crisis, its CEO said on Friday.

Biden supports bipartisan efforts to foster a domestic supply chain for lithium, copper, rare earths, nickel and other strategic materials.

Copper’s new green credentials are being reinforced by robust current market dynamics as China soaks up the rest of the world’s excess metal.

Taranis’ Okohongo copper-silver deposit is situated within the Kaoko Belt of northwest Namibia.

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