MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Commodities are back in favour, boosting oil producers and miners after their annus horribilis of 2015.

Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines and joint-venture partner Zijin Mining have transferred a further 15% interest in their Kamoa-Kakula copper project to the DRC’s government.

Authorities have blocked new mining claims on a 30,000-acres area north of the park for at least two years.

The 25-year permit for Seabridge’s KSM is key for the construction, operation and maintenance of a water storage facility.

Move will give the Vancouver miner 80% ownership of Zafranal Peru copper mine project

At least five miners are dead and 11 are trapped after a landslide swept through a copper mine in southeastern Turkey.

Platform aims to help local suppliers bid for contacts related to the Plan Nord, a provincial initiative to invest about $1.3 billion in infrastructure and other projects over the next five years.

Decision is expected to put an end to years of confrontation between the Canadian miner and the Greek government.

While most miners have managed to straighten the balance sheets, they have not began preparing to deal with a new looming risk —their ability to access workers with the skills needed in an upswing.