Copper price surges as stocks hit 12-year lows Copper up 3% as bulls pile into New York copper futures – $9.5 billion worth of metal traded by lunchtime. Frik Els | February 22, 2019 | 10:45 am
Acid truck spill kills 20 near Glencore Congo mine The accident occurred about 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the copper and cobalt mine in the southeast of the country. Reuters | February 22, 2019 | 9:39 am
British Columbia’s mining revenue expected to drop by 25% by 2022 Revenue from energy and mining is expected to drop from $1.1 billion in 2018-19 to $861 million by 2020-21. Business In Vancouver - Nelson Bennett | February 21, 2019 | 2:27 pm
Copper and lithium giant squeezing water rights for miners Wetlands have been dried out, the environment has been damaged, for the salt flat and for local communities, it is already too late. Bloomberg News | February 21, 2019 | 11:01 am
LME copper squeeze will test market’s bull credentials Is copper finally about to break up out of its well-trodden seven-month range? Reuters | February 21, 2019 | 10:19 am
Anglo American core profit beats, on journey to ‘zero harm’ No degree of financial performance is worth a life. Reuters | February 21, 2019 | 9:15 am
Canadian miners had a tough 2018, but optimism remains — EY Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index, which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior miners — dropped 2% in the last quarter of 2018. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2019 | 9:00 am
Suspended cobalt sales, higher costs fuel Katanga’s Q4 loss The company recorded a $52.8 million fourth quarter loss in adjusted EBITDA. Northern Miner Staff | February 20, 2019 | 3:51 pm
Annual gold output to double at Lalor mine, says Hudbay The Lalor mine will then be joining the ranks of primary gold producers as one of the lowest sustaining costs in the industry. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 20, 2019 | 3:19 pm