India’s state copper miner plans $800m expansion Hindustan produces around 40,000 tonnes of copper per years, but the company plans to increase production to around 200,000 tonnes by 2025. MINING.com Editor | April 9, 2019 | 3:47 pm
Chile’s Collahuasi copper mine expects to match 2018 record output this year – CEO Last year the mine produced 560,000 tonnes of copper, placing it among Chile´s top three producing mines. Reuters | April 9, 2019 | 12:14 pm
Antofagasta to stay put on dividend policy but will return cash to shareholders The company will retain its dividend policy of paying out at least 35% of underlying net earnings, but will pay out excess funds from the proceeds of sales to shareholders, Reuters | April 9, 2019 | 11:01 am
Freeport plans no dividend hikes, M&A for 2 years to focus on Grasberg – CEO Freeport-McMoRan plans no dividend raises, acquisitions or debt buybacks over the next two years. Reuters | April 9, 2019 | 10:54 am
Rio Tinto to join World Bank’s green mining program Rio Tinto plans to offer technical consulting advice, as well as contribute $1 million over five years to the program. Reuters | April 9, 2019 | 10:02 am
Indonesian gold miner Amman is said to consider $600m IPO The company is reportedly working with advisers to list in Jakarta as early as the fourth quarter. Bloomberg News | April 9, 2019 | 9:37 am
Ivanhoe execs brief Congo president on progress of massive copper project According to Wood Mackenzie, it is the world's largest, undeveloped, high-grade copper discovery. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 9, 2019 | 7:17 am
A million tonnes of copper is on the way: it may not be enough Giant mines currently under construction will churn out an additional one million tonnes of copper through 2023, but that won’t be enough. Bloomberg News | April 8, 2019 | 11:58 am
Cordoba to drill for porphyry source beneath Alacran The company is planning a 1,000-metre drill program at its Alacran copper-gold deposit, part of its San Matias project in Colombia. Northern Miner Staff | April 8, 2019 | 10:35 am