Atalaya acquires 51% interest in Rio Narcea Nickel, 20 permits in Spain In a €2.5-million deal with Grupo Sacyr, Atalaya Mining has become a major player in the Ossa-Morena Metallogenic Belt. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 28, 2021 | 10:25 am
Philippines ends open-pit mining ban to reinvigorate industry The Philippines has lifted a four-year-old ban on open-pit mining for copper, gold, silver and complex ores. Reuters | December 28, 2021 | 9:09 am
Zijin starts production at giant Tibet copper mine Qulong copper mine in Tibet adds a new source of supply to the market for next year. Reuters | December 27, 2021 | 11:35 am
Misstep could reignite blockade against Las Bambas copper mine in Peru The president of the Fighting Committee for the Mining Corridor said that if the government proposal was not reasonable, a new blockade would be launched against Las Bambas. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 26, 2021 | 12:31 pm
Russia’s largest new copper deposit to be developed under UN Global Compact guidelines Udokan Copper, owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov's holding firm USM, has joined the UN Global Compact. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 26, 2021 | 8:25 am
Codelco requests second arbitration against Ecuador over copper project The Llurimagua project has been the subject of commercial tensions since November 2020. Reuters | December 24, 2021 | 1:03 pm
Copper supply in 2022 – eyes on Chile, Peru, DRC Bank of America expects demand to hold firm next year and only sees a surplus in 2023. MINING.com Editor | December 24, 2021 | 12:13 pm
Mundoro partners with Vale to explore for copper in US Mundoro has a string of projects focused on copper and gold in eastern Europe. Northern Miner Staff | December 23, 2021 | 9:36 am
McEwen Copper commits to PFS for Los Azules project in Argentina The preliminary economic assessment prepared in 2017 put the after-tax NPV at $2.2 billion (at an 8% discount) and the IRR at 20.1%. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 23, 2021 | 7:42 am