First Quantum Minerals draws takeover interest First Quantum controls the open-pit Kansanshi mine in Zambia, which has 340,000 metric tons of annual copper production capacity. Bloomberg News | September 19, 2019 | 2:37 pm
London Metal Exchange to delay ban on tainted metal until 2025 — sources The deadline had been pushed back to 2025 in part because some major producers would not go along with the LME’s original plan. Reuters | September 19, 2019 | 11:24 am
Uganda to invite companies to redevelop former copper mine Once a major copper and cobalt producer, the Kilembe mine is believed to contain 4 million tonnes of ore. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 19, 2019 | 6:42 am
SolGold’s projects safe after Ecuador courts rejects mining referendum The Constitutional Court's verdict is considered a victory for companies seeking to exploit some of the world’s largest untapped copper reserves. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 19, 2019 | 3:39 am
CHARTS: Mining is riding out US-China trade war There is weakness elsewhere, but China's commodity business model of importing raw material is in fine shape, says new report. Frik Els | September 18, 2019 | 4:00 pm
New Trevali boss bullish despite zinc price weakness Trevali is not the only zinc miner to experience a stock market pummelling. Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | September 18, 2019 | 3:34 pm
Steel and base metals express divergent views on China — opinion Industrial metals have fallen into two very distinct camps over the course of 2019. Jackson Chen | September 18, 2019 | 10:34 am
Ecuador court denies requests for popular approval of mining projects The constitutional court has previously ruled against requests to subject individual mining projects to popular approval, including a request for a community consultation over Australian company SolGold's Cascabel mine. Reuters | September 18, 2019 | 10:10 am
BHP CEO’s pay cut by almost 25% after worker’s death, runaway train While Andrew Mackenzie's base salary was kept at $1.7m, earnings including benefits totalled $3.5m, down from the $4.6m he pocketed in 2018. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 18, 2019 | 3:43 am
