Zambia scraps plans to build giant copper mine in national park Decision comes only a week after the country’s High Court gave Australia’s Mwembeshi Resources a license to build its Kangaluwi copper project. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 6, 2019 | 9:22 am
Mining tycoons lose challenge to UK bribery investigation UK judge ruling bolsters the Serious Fraud Office in one of its longest-running and most sensitive investigations Bloomberg News | November 5, 2019 | 8:53 am
Camino intensifies fieldwork at Chapitos project in Peru The Edmonton-based company is now focusing on the Atajo zone. MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 5, 2019 | 6:15 am
Codelco awards tender for desalination plant to Japan’s Marubeni Codelco said that it expected work on the plant to kick off in the first quarter of 2020 and for the plant to be operational in 2022. Reuters | November 4, 2019 | 7:20 am
China’s Zijin buys Freeport’s copper-gold assets in Serbia for up to $390 million The move continues a recent acquisition spree for Zijin and strengthens its foothold in the Balkans. Reuters | November 4, 2019 | 7:13 am
Antofagasta cuts expected copper output further due to Chile’s protests While its four local mines are back in operation, the company has doubled it expected production loss for 2019 to about 10,000 tonnes. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 4, 2019 | 7:08 am
The copper market is so bleak miners are turning to the gospel The mood is a reversal from a year ago, as demand for most metals suffers due to the US-China trade war. Bloomberg News | October 31, 2019 | 9:06 am
A tenth of the world’s tailing dams have had stability issues This is one of the conclusions from a global inquiry launched after the collapse of a dam in Brazil that killed hundreds. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 31, 2019 | 2:56 am
Mining’s unlikely heroines – Greta Thunberg and AOC Exponential expansion of global mining is the dirty little secret and glaring blind spot of Green New Deal evangelists and zero-carbon climate warriors Frik Els | October 30, 2019 | 12:54 pm
