Pacific Empire to focus on gold property in British Columbia The decision to switch the company's focus was made based on continued weak copper performance and improved gold price. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 14, 2019 | 6:15 am
South America’s glaciers may have a bigger problem than climate change Chile has one of the world’s largest reserves of fresh water outside the north and south poles, but the abundant glaciers that are the source of that precious commodity are melting fast. Bloomberg News | August 14, 2019 | 3:28 am
Sun Metals expands 421 zone at Stardust The company reported intervals as long as 58 metres grading 2.49% copper, 2.61 g/t gold and 44.3 g/t silver. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 13, 2019 | 3:19 pm
Jaxon Mining completes phase one exploration at Red Springs The company announced the discovery of three large outcrops of disseminated sulfides. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 13, 2019 | 12:24 pm
Mining tycoons try to stall UK graft charges with court claim Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. has asked a British court to stall the UK’s pursuit of corruption charges. Bloomberg News | August 13, 2019 | 10:34 am
Copper exports resume from Peruvian port of Matarani Shipments from four mines that produce about half of Peru's copper had been suspended for nearly three weeks due to the unrest. Reuters | August 13, 2019 | 10:19 am
Nautilus Minerals’ plans to mine the seafloor sink deeper Creditors have voted in favour of liquidating the company. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2019 | 3:54 am
China’s major copper smelters boost July output Refined copper cathode production by major Chinese smelters increased by 5.3% in July. Reuters | August 12, 2019 | 1:03 pm
EV sector will need 250% more copper by 2030 just for charging stations Scottish consultancy Wood Mackenzie estimates that there will be more than 20 million EV charging points by then. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 12, 2019 | 10:03 am