Colombia opens five mining areas to potential bids

Company expects to increase gold production at Tanami by 80,000 ounces annually, reaching between 425,000-475,000 ounces a year.

The massive project is expected to process close to 80,000 tonnes of copper ore a day.

Deal valued at $635 million.

Acquisition makes of the Canadian miner one of the few multi-asset, low-cost global zinc producers.

The Cascabel project is located in the northern portion of the Andean copper belt in Ecuador, renowned for hosting almost half the world’s copper known reserves.

The business could fetch around $10 billion, two banking sources said.

Zambian electricity utility Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) and Glencore's Mopani Copper Mines have reached an agreement to restore full power supply to the mine from Wednesday, the president's office said on Wednesday.

Federal judge Rolando Spanholo said opening the area known as Renca to mining can only be done by an act of Congress under the constitution.

Chairman of Chile's state-owned copper miner Codelco: "I'm a little skeptical...in the short-term."