IWCC expects global copper surplus to hit 285,000 tonnes this year and 675,000 tonnes in 2021.

It will discuss plans to kick off regulatory approval process for Yellowhead with the local First Nation.

The industry group requested that the federal government adopts a series of reforms to boost the mining sector.

If permitted, Pebble would be North America’s largest mine, with an estimate resource of 6.5 billion tonnes in the measured and indicated category.

The Toronto-based junior believes there is a possibility for an extension of a mineral belt from its Lost Cities - Cutucu project in Ecuador into northern Peru.

The containers had been withheld at Dar es Salaam Port for three years due a tax dispute with Barrick's former local subsidiary.