Rio Tinto may eventually process critical minerals, CEO says The company is currently figuring out ways to extract up to ten so-called critical minerals from copper waste at its mining facility in Utah. Bloomberg News | September 29, 2021 | 10:22 am
‘Very tight’ copper belies market turmoil, industry leader says Prices for the bellwether commodity this year will average more than $4 a pound, said Diego Hernandez, head of Chilean mining society Sonami. Bloomberg News | September 29, 2021 | 8:57 am
Botswana sells troubled state-owned mine to Canada’s Premium Nickel Resources PNR was awarded an exclusive right to undertake six months of due diligence on BCL, placed under liquidation in 2016. Reuters | September 29, 2021 | 8:41 am
Copper price falls on China power squeeze worries Copper prices will average more than $4 a pound this year, says Diego Hernandez, head of Chilean mining society. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 29, 2021 | 8:15 am
Vale rescues all 39 workers trapped in Canadian mine Vale CEO Eduardo Bartolomeo said an investigation would be launched into what happened. Reuters | September 29, 2021 | 7:38 am
Anglo Asian grows copper footprint in Azerbaijan The company has been awarded three new concessions, one of which covers a deposit with more than 300,000 tonnes of copper. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2021 | 3:45 am
China copper smelters raise Q4 treatment charge floor ahead of miner talks The fourth-quarter floor is up 27.3% from $55 per tonne and 5.5 cents a pound in the third quarter. Reuters | September 28, 2021 | 9:54 pm
Germ-killing copper to be installed on Toronto and Vancouver transit Teck Resources' Copper & Heath program installs copper products on buses, subway cars, and streetcars in the Greater Toronto Area as well as buses and SkyTrains in Metro Vancouver. MINING.com Editor | September 28, 2021 | 1:54 pm
Peru minister says $1.4bn Tia Maria mine a “no go” Economy and finance minister Pedro Francke said Southern Copper should stop pushing a “socially and politically unfeasible" project. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2021 | 11:01 am