US copper frenzy grows as Rio Tinto plans $1.5 billion Utah mine expansion Rio said the investment will extend the life of the over 100-year-old open-pit mine in Bingham County by 12 years. Reuters | December 3, 2019 | 9:25 am
Copper primed for a pop if US-China trade war is resolved Low inventories across the copper supply chain mean that any resolution to the trade war could trigger a snap rally in prices. Reuters | December 3, 2019 | 9:15 am
Glencore’s Glasenberg says successor could be in place next year Current chief executive, Ivan Glasenberg, said there was "a good crop of people" but did not offer names. Reuters | December 3, 2019 | 7:57 am
Ethos encouraged by preliminary fieldwork at Perk-Rocky project The Vancouver-based miner identified more than 50 copper occurrences in outcrop at the British Columbian property. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 3, 2019 | 6:20 am
Friedland regains control over large chunk of Ivanhoe shares Friedland previously pledged 25m shares in Vancouver-based company to a bank. Frik Els | December 2, 2019 | 3:08 pm
Newmont Goldcorp provides five-year outlook Additionally, Newmont's board of directors has unanimously approved a stock repurchase program. Jackson Chen | December 2, 2019 | 10:46 am
Zijin Mining buys Canada’s Continental Gold in $1 billion deal The deal would give China’s No.1 gold producer access to the Buriticá gold project in Colombia, expected to begin production next year. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 2, 2019 | 5:00 am
Afghanistan cancels contract to US gold, copper miner News agency Khaama Press reports that President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani cancelled the contracts held by the JVs formed by US-based CENTAR Limited. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 1, 2019 | 12:37 pm
RANKED: Top 10 copper mining projects in the world Russia can lay claim to the globe's largest undeveloped copper project and two island nations also make the top ten ranking. Frik Els | November 29, 2019 | 4:34 pm