Surge Exploration announces spin-out company — CuGold Surge will continue to hold its interest in its cobalt projects in both Chile and Ontario, and its lithium brine project in Chile. MINING.com Editor | January 9, 2019 | 1:24 pm
Chile’s Collahuasi plans resource sharing with Canada’s Teck Resources Chile's Collahuasi copper mine is seeking "synergies" with companies with operations close to its own mine in the Atacama area. Reuters | January 9, 2019 | 10:43 am
Copper Mountain produces 79m lb in 2018, sets guidance for next three years The mill treated 40,000 t/d with an average head grade of 0.31% copper. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 9, 2019 | 8:00 am
San Marco sees positive results from exploration program in Mexico There is a porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold system at the Espiritu SMR property. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 9, 2019 | 6:30 am
Centamin gold output falls 13% in 2018 on decline at flagship mine The company produced 472,418 ounces of gold at its Egypt-based Sukari mine last year, compared to 544,658 ounces in 2017, due to disruptions and lower grades at the operation. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 9, 2019 | 6:15 am
Exports from world’s second-largest copper mine to drop 85% Concentrate shipments from Indonesia's Grasberg mine, will drop because of a lag in output while operations shift from open pit to underground mining. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 9, 2019 | 3:24 am
Chile copper mines to triple use of sea water in 10 years—report Use of sea water, both desalinated and direct from the ocean, to increase by 230% over 2018 levels. Reuters | January 8, 2019 | 2:35 pm
A cold blast from China chills industrial metals markets: Andy Home The London Metal Exchange index slumped to a one-and-a-half year low of 2730.1 on Jan. 3. Reuters | January 8, 2019 | 12:24 pm
Deep in a Panama rainforest, First Quantum bondholders spy prize The company's Cobre Panama is a large open-pit copper project 120 km (74.6 miles) west of Panama City and 20 km from the Caribbean Sea coast. Bloomberg News | January 8, 2019 | 8:02 am
