Copper Top Stories

As Freeport converts mining trucks to green power, costs unclear

It's migrating its fleet of roughly 600 haul trucks and numerous other pieces of mining equipment to electric or hydrogen power.

Reuters | December 2, 2021 | 7:00 am

Clean Air Metals’ PEA rates Thunder Bay North NPV at $303m, IRR at 29.8%

Payback from the start of commercial operation would take 2.4…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 1, 2021 | 10:00 am

Copper price stable as omicron concerns ease

The European Union drug regulator said on Tuesday existing covid-19…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 1, 2021 | 9:40 am

Asteroid “ideal for mining exploration” to enter Earth’s orbit next week

An asteroid as big as a football field has been…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2021 | 7:12 am

Adoption of renewables still too slow to limit climate crisis — IEA

Growth in the sector is set to hit an all-time…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2021 | 4:03 am

The big copper short is back as macro fears return: Andy Home

The trade war has returned with a vengeance as copper and other industrial metals come under sustained fund selling pressure.

Andy Home - Reuters | June 11, 2019 | 3:59 pm

Europe researches, miners work on social licence to operate framework

European nations are working on making sure the new wave of resource exploitation applies lessons learned from countries such as Canada and Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 11, 2019 | 11:27 am

Vedanta to challenge winding up of Zambian business in court

The Zambian government says KCM has breached the terms of its licence.

Reuters | June 11, 2019 | 10:42 am

Camino Minerals allowed to expand drilling in southern Peru

Expanded drilling at the Chapitos gold-copper project is expected to commence during the latter half of 2019.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 10, 2019 | 6:57 am

New Energy to acquire project near Codelco’s and BHP’s mines in Chile

The project is located along the prolific West Fissure fault system, near the open-pit Escondida mine.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 10, 2019 | 6:48 am

Congo state miner says it paid $263m in tax advances

Gecamines rejected allegations that there are discrepancies in its financial statements.

Bloomberg News | June 9, 2019 | 10:15 am

Scientists produce gold, silver, copper foams

The foams are supposed to give physicists better X-ray sources to employ in experiments at the National Ignition Facility.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 9, 2019 | 9:14 am

This 50-year chart shows just how undervalued commodities are

New study plotting US equities against raw material prices going back to 1970 points to 112% upside for commodities just to return to trend.

Frik Els | June 7, 2019 | 4:04 pm

Noront and Aroland First Nation to work together on nickel mine in Ontario

The Indigenous group will become a shareholder in Noront.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 7, 2019 | 6:38 am

First

Last