Copper Top Stories

This chart shows copper price could dive 28% going into 2022

New report argues rising mine supply, steep fall in demand from China’s property sector and shifting global consumption patterns away from goods to services will send copper prices skidding.

Frik Els | November 15, 2021 | 10:01 pm

Copper price down on fears of slowdown in China

Fears of a slowdown in China are overblown with the…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 15, 2021 | 9:15 am

Falling stocks pose problems for London Metal Exchange

What happens when the market of last resort runs out…

Reuters | November 15, 2021 | 7:09 am

Chile copper giants seek stability in uncertain political times

The Nov. 21 presidential vote, the first since months of…

Reuters | November 15, 2021 | 6:48 am

Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula yields profit in first full production quarter

The Canadian miner posted a profit of $85.4 million for…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 15, 2021 | 6:15 am

SolGold confident in new major copper-gold find in Ecuador

The Australian miner believes that Cascabel and now Porvenir are the first in a long, large and rich string of copper-gold projects it will develop in Ecuador.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 7, 2019 | 3:53 am

EnGold extends mineralization at Lac La Hache

Sampling has returned gold values of 40.6, 57.6 and 96.1 g/t.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 6, 2019 | 11:57 am

Faltering metals get check-up as industry gathers in Hong Kong

Base metals have had a shaky start to 2019, with a cautious Q1 advance giving way to an April drop on uncertainty about the global economy.

Bloomberg News | May 6, 2019 | 11:14 am

Hong Kong exchange to launch dollar-denominated mini contracts for base metals

The new offering comes five years after a similar product fizzled on the Singapore Exchange (SGX).

Reuters | May 6, 2019 | 9:14 am

Minnesota environmentalists step up fight against Twin Metals’ copper project

Coalition has gone to court challenging a Trump administration’s decision that opened the door to Twin Metals’ copper, nickel and platinum project in a wilderness area of Minnesota.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 6, 2019 | 7:00 am

Codelco not giving away gold watches anymore

For decades, the National Copper Corporation gave away expensive gold watches to workers that have been with the company for over 30 years.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 6, 2019 | 6:39 am

Community around MMG’s Las Bambas mine holding its breath

The Nueva Fuerabamba community is pushing for laws that decriminalize their protests.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 5, 2019 | 1:03 pm

Zambia’s finance minister says tax reforms needed to cut debt

The proposed tax change in Africa's second biggest copper producing nation has upset the mining community.

Reuters | May 5, 2019 | 9:19 am

Miners in Congo face subcontracting limits under new rules

The new mining code that Congo passed last year confirmed that subcontracting in the mining industry will be limited to companies of which the majority of capital is held by Congolese.

Bloomberg News | May 3, 2019 | 9:56 am

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