Copper Top Stories

Gold Fields hikes dividends to win Yamana deal backing

The company is also seeking a listing in Toronto to sway shareholders opposed to the planned $6.7 billion takeover of Canada’s Yamana Gold.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2022 | 3:52 am

Peru strives to keep dialogue going between Las Bambas, Indigenous as truce deadline looms

Las Bambas has said that it is unlikely to meet…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 10, 2022 | 11:40 am

Giant Congo cobalt mine exports at risk as investors feud

An intensifying feud between shareholders of the Tenke Fungurume mine…

Bloomberg News | July 9, 2022 | 12:12 pm

Copper production, price rebound on the horizon — report

Over the coming years, Fitch forecasts high copper prices on…

Staff Writer | July 8, 2022 | 3:42 pm

Top 50 mining stocks lose $600bn in market value from peak

After a brutal second quarter, investors in the world’s 50…

Frik Els | July 8, 2022 | 2:53 pm

Southern Silver acquires Cerro Las Minitas project in Mexico

The acquisition provides the miner with a 150% increase in attributable resources.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 17, 2020 | 6:30 am

SolGold kicks off drilling at Porvenir

Initial work indicates a sequential vein development similar to the Alpala deposit.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 16, 2020 | 12:09 pm

First Quantum stock surges – expects no more covid disruptions

The Cobre Panama mine, which was shut in early April by order of Panama's health ministry, has not had any covid-19 cases on site since May.

Jackson Chen | September 16, 2020 | 9:38 am

Freeport does not want to be ‘distracted’ by buyout offers

Company is focused on expanding its Grasberg mine in Indonesia and boosting cash flow, Chief Financial Officer Kathleen Quirk said.

Reuters | September 16, 2020 | 8:14 am

Ivanhoe’s Congo mine productivity peerless among copper giants

GRAPHIC: Not just massive in scale, every tonne of copper ore milled at Kamoa-Kakula will be worth $286 – 9 times richer than Escondida, 35 times Morenci.

Frik Els | September 15, 2020 | 2:03 pm

BHP puts top-level salaries on ice

The world's No.1 miner paid its chief executive Mike Henry $6.1 million for the first six months on the job.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 15, 2020 | 3:48 am

First Quantum eyes operations expansion at Zambia mine

Kansanshi is Africa's biggest copper mine.

Reuters | September 14, 2020 | 3:06 pm

Codelco reaches contract agreement with El Teniente supervisors

The agreement that supervisors would not receive a pay rise in the coming contract was backed by 88% of the union's members.

Reuters | September 14, 2020 | 2:58 pm

Copper price forecast up on buoyant demand – report

Fitch has raised its average price forecast for 2021 to $6,300/tonne.

MINING.com Editor | September 14, 2020 | 1:48 pm

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