Top five China commodities to eye for growth in 2021 A China-led economic recovery should boost demand for copper, iron ore and gold in 2021 after covid-19 roiled global markets in 2020. Reuters | December 29, 2020 | 8:16 am
US Gold Corp’s shares up on Wyoming project drill results CK Gold project is an advanced stage gold and copper exploration and development project located near Cheyenne. MINING.com Editor | December 28, 2020 | 2:15 pm
Anti-mining activists attack Curimining worker in Ecuador Curimining is developing the Curipamba copper-gold project, held by Canada’s Adventus Mining and Salazar Resources. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 28, 2020 | 10:45 am
MMG declares force majeure on contracts after protests in Peru Miner said that transport had been temporarily disrupted due to road blocks by local residents near its Las Bambas copper mine in Peru. Reuters | December 24, 2020 | 8:09 am
Nornickel shutters dirty copper smelter in push to go greener The facility in Nickel on the Kola Peninsula near the Norwegian and Finnish borders was partly why Norway’s sovereign wealth fund blacklisted the miner a decade ago. Bloomberg News | December 24, 2020 | 8:04 am
Turquoise Hill considers gold streaming, debt funding for Oyu Tolgoi The streaming transaction would involve "a significant up-front payment" to Oyu Tolgoi, as well as deferred payments based on gold "spot" prices. Reuters | December 23, 2020 | 8:08 am
Codelco reaches advance labor deal at Chuquicamata The 36-month agreement enters into force on April 1. Reuters | December 22, 2020 | 11:44 am
Production at Las Bambas hit by road blockades The copper mine, controlled by China's MMG, is "progressively" reducing production due to protests. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 22, 2020 | 7:40 am
Excelsior produces first copper cathode at Gunnison in Arizona The in-situ recovery (ISR) operation is expected to sell the first copper cathodes in January 2021. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 21, 2020 | 3:00 pm