Zambia plans law compelling miners to procure locally Zambia is Africa's second-largest copper producer, with copper mining accounting for around 70% of foreign currency earnings. Reuters | July 4, 2019 | 10:10 am
Armed forces called to defend Glencore mine in Congo Illegal miners will be removed from the site of the Glencore project where at least 43 died last week. Bloomberg News | July 4, 2019 | 10:00 am
OceanaGold stops trucking at Philippines gold mine after dispute The mid-tier gold miner is waiting for the renewal of its operating licence for the Didipio gold and copper mine. Reuters | July 4, 2019 | 9:23 am
Cordoba Minerals optimistic after resource update at San Matías project Indicated resources at San Matías are now estimated at 94.9 million tonnes MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 4, 2019 | 6:40 am
New drill hole confirms depth at Wolfden’s Pickett Mountain Wolfden notes that the Picket Mountain deposit is one of the highest grade polymetallic projects in North America. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 3, 2019 | 3:01 pm
First Nation blockades workers at British Columbia gold-copper project The Tsilhqot’in have turned back a work crew that had planned to move in heavy equipment to conduct drilling for the New Prosperity mine. Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | July 3, 2019 | 12:00 pm
Pancontinental explores recently acquired project in Ontario The Toronto-based miner acquired the 4,170-hectare St. Laurent project in March. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 3, 2019 | 6:31 am
Tin slumps most in seven years on spike in Chinese selling The metal, which is mostly used in soldering, dropped 6.3% to settle at $17,700 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange. Bloomberg News | July 2, 2019 | 3:04 pm
RANKED: World’s top copper mines BHP's Escondida continues to lead the way as the top copper operation on the planet. Jackson Chen | July 2, 2019 | 9:19 am