Centerra Gold halts mill operations in British Columbia due to lack of water About 20% of the world’ fresh water is found in Canada. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 27, 2017 | 10:54 am
Prosecutor orders three years of jail time for Spaniard couple with murky investments in Congolese copper mine The pair invested approximately $1.9 million in shares in Mhyrre Minerals and Metal SPRL. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 27, 2017 | 9:57 am
Copper rallies to three-year high as China plant halts output Ninth gain puts red metal on longest winning streak since 2004. Bloomberg News | December 27, 2017 | 8:28 am
China top copper producer halts output after pollution order Production should be halted for at least a week. Bloomberg News | December 27, 2017 | 7:30 am
Spain’s OHL to oversee El Teniente’s tailings facility The Madrid-based firm signed a $20-million-dollar contract. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 26, 2017 | 4:24 pm
China halts oil product exports to North Korea in November as sanctions bite Beijing also imported no iron ore, coal or lead from North Korea in November. Reuters | December 26, 2017 | 10:20 am
Solgold shares surge on latest drilling at giant Ecuador copper project Brisbane-based company promised maiden resource for Cascabel copper-gold porphyry on the Andean belt before the end of the year. Frik Els | December 22, 2017 | 3:36 pm
Prehistoric bling: Research uncovers factors behind the development of earliest copper alloys The colour properties of prehistoric copper alloys have largely been understudied. Until now. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 22, 2017 | 1:20 pm
MINING.com’s top news stories of the year Copper and bitcoin. Michael Allan McCrae | December 22, 2017 | 12:13 pm