Congo’s South Kivu governor suspends mining operations in province

The miner’s local subsidiary has entered into an agreement to acquire mining properties in southern Peru near its Constancia copper mine.

Brazilian mining giant is retaining control of the TIPLAM port terminal, which was originally included in the deal.

The World Bank-supported mining legislation was introduced to attract investment into copper and cobalt projects from global miners including Glencore Plc, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. and China Molybdenum Co. Gécamines claims country has not benefited from it.

Fresh Kakula resource estimate being prepared based on drilling completed to the end of December 2017.

Affiliate of Qatari conglomerate Aamal Co plans to build three factories to produce copper wires, aluminium bars and drums for cables.

China told the WTO it would stop accepting certain types of foreign solid waste, including metals, in 2018 if they didn't meet stricter impurity thresholds.

Zinc hit its highest in more than a decade on Friday as concerns over market tightness persisted, while copper hit a two-week low as Chinese investor interest was muted with the Lunar New Year holidays looming.

The approval of the supreme decree 042-2017 in December might generate more unrest.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has accepted Pebble Limited Partnership’s wetlands-fill permit.