Copper Top Stories

Shrinking stocks likely mean more LME metal price volatility

Overall stocks in LME warehouses have fallen below 900,000 tonnes from levels above two million tonnes in January 2021.

Reuters | May 30, 2022 | 6:27 am

Glencore bribery cases draw in billionaire former executives

The US government said that two former top Glencore executives…

Bloomberg News | May 29, 2022 | 10:00 am

Demand for green metals from recycling expected to grow – report

A report by White & Case states that global demand…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 29, 2022 | 7:35 am

Contaminants affect invertebrates years after Mount Polley mine disaster

A recent study shows that contaminants from the tailings dam…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 29, 2022 | 6:54 am

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru Snapshot: Eight companies with properties to watch

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru offer miners a blend of established…

Staff Writer | May 27, 2022 | 11:35 am

A miraculous covid-19 recovery but Dr Copper needs more tests

LME three-month copper ended the first half of the year at $6,015 per tonne, up a whopping 38% from March lows.

Reuters | July 2, 2020 | 9:14 am

Metals X to sell copper assets as shareholder fight leads to cash crunch

The assets include the Paterson exploration project, Nifty copper operation and Maroochydore copper project.

Reuters | July 2, 2020 | 9:10 am

Codelco says more pandemic restrictions would be ‘catastrophic’

The miner giant had held output and shipments of copper steady despite the growing crisis.

Reuters | July 2, 2020 | 8:51 am

Greatland Gold wins ballot for exploration licence in Western Australia

The win means that Greatland’s application for the license has priority and will be processed ahead of other competing applications.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 2, 2020 | 6:15 am

BHP’s Cerro Colorado to scale down operations

Cerro Colorado produced 71,700 tonnes of copper in 2019.

Reuters | July 1, 2020 | 10:55 am

Peru mining activity falls in May for third straight month

The national INEI statistics agency said May copper output fell by 42.2%, while gold was down 65.1%.

Reuters | July 1, 2020 | 9:17 am

Arizona Metals hits massive sulphide at Kay mine project

The phase 1 drill program began in January but was shut down in March due to the covid-19 outbreak.

Northern Miner Staff | June 30, 2020 | 1:17 pm

Freeport Indonesia’s Jan-May copper, gold output below target

Copper concentrate production stood at 524,492 tonnes, 85% of the 616,277 tonnes targeted.

Reuters | June 30, 2020 | 9:46 am

SolGold goes after rival Cornerstone Capital Resources

The $102m all-stock offer seeks to consolidate SolGold's ownership of Alpala, one of the world’s largest and highest-grade copper deposits.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 30, 2020 | 4:00 am

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