Resolution Copper destroys historic smelter in Arizona According to the company, the chimney stack was structurally unsound and posed a significant threat to safety. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 11, 2018 | 7:00 am
Permitting delayed at Black Butte in Montana The company says it will expand its mine plan to include a treated water reservoir that can meet Montana’s new pollution standards. Northern Miner Staff | November 9, 2018 | 12:34 pm
Top copper miner’s output slump adds to worry on metal shortfall Codelco reported declines across all of its mines in September as ore grades fell an average of 5% in the first nine months of the year. Reuters | November 9, 2018 | 11:26 am
Cobalt prices could rally 30% by mid-2019 Glencore's suspension of Congo exports shows how cobalt production expansion plans can go awry. Frik Els | November 8, 2018 | 1:34 pm
Chile copper output hits 4.25m tonnes through September, up 7.3% Chile, the world's top copper exporter, produced 4.25 million tonnes of copper in the first nine months of 2018. Reuters | November 8, 2018 | 10:27 am
Indonesia’s Inalum sells $4B in bonds to fund Freeport purchase The deal came amid choppy global markets, rocked by trade concerns and slowing economic growth in Asia - including Indonesia. Reuters | November 8, 2018 | 10:05 am
Japan’s Sumitomo Metal cuts FY profit forecast on lower metal prices Sumitomo Metal cut its full-year forecast, blaming lower-than-expected metal prices amid the U.S.-Sino trade spat, and reduced nickel output. Reuters | November 8, 2018 | 9:32 am
Aston Bay buys Jack’s Fork Exploration and its Virginia project From now on, Aston Bay will own exclusive rights to the copper-lead-zinc-gold-silver Blue Ridge Project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 8, 2018 | 7:29 am
Kutcho Copper extends mineralization at Main deposit The high-grade copper-zinc-gold-silver volcanogenic massive sulphide system is 100 km east of Dease Lake in northern B.C. Northern Miner Staff | November 7, 2018 | 12:54 pm