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Canada’s Vendetta receives positive PEA for Australian lead-zinc project

The assessment revealed that Pegmont has a mine life of 10 years at 3,000 tonne per day open pit followed by an underground operation.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 28, 2019 | 7:08 am

Pacific Bay extends Meteor Boot at Haskins-Reed in BC

The company tested targets near the Meteor zone, where 2011…

Northern Miner Staff | January 25, 2019 | 1:51 pm

Teck, WFP tackle zinc deficiency in China

Teck’s Zinc and Health program has reached 100 million people…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 23, 2019 | 2:54 pm

Trevali announces executive overhaul

By Thusday afternoon, Trevali's stock had dropped 10%.

MINING.com Editor | January 17, 2019 | 2:15 pm

Mining the Americas in 2019 — a forecast

Canada's cobalt sector and Ecuador's budding mining sector for copper…

MINING.com Editor | January 16, 2019 | 3:27 pm

Copper price soars to 7-month high on Chinese plans to cut output

China's biggest copper smelters have agreed to a symbolic cut in loss-making production, without specifying volumes and timing.

Reuters | March 10, 2024 | 9:22 am

Worker’s death spurs strike action at Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic mine

Chilean media reported that mine workers blocked the entrance road to the Rodomiro Tomic mine and completely stopped production.

Staff Writer | March 9, 2024 | 2:07 pm

Worker dies in accident at Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic mine in northern Chile

Activities were suspended at the area of the mine where the accident occurred, the company said.

Reuters | March 8, 2024 | 2:40 pm

Copper production by Chile’s Codelco slides, others climb in January

Codelco, the world's top copper producer, saw its production sink nearly 16% year on year.

Reuters | March 8, 2024 | 11:35 am

Taseko posts record revenue in 2023, sets target for first copper production at Florence

The company is expecting first production from its fully permitted Florence copper project in Arizona in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Staff Writer | March 8, 2024 | 8:51 am

Copper fees plunge close to zero in test for China’s smelters

China’s copper smelters are at a critical juncture after fees for processing imported ore collapsed to single figures.

Bloomberg News | March 8, 2024 | 7:53 am

Peru copper output seen growing to 3mt in 2024, minister says

The Chalcobamba project is expected to help Las Bambas eventually boost its output to approximately 400,000 tons of copper annually.

Reuters | March 8, 2024 | 7:26 am

AI can potentially estimate global environmental destruction due to road development for mining

Australia-based researchers trained three machine-learning models to automatically map road features in rural, generally remote and often forested areas.

Staff Writer | March 8, 2024 | 6:06 am

BHP becomes first miner in Chile to exceed 40% female representation

In 2016, BHP had only 17.5% female workers globally and today employs 1,509 women at Escondida mine alone.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 8, 2024 | 5:17 am

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