Peru’s March copper production up 20% as mines restart after protests The world's no. 2 copper producer saw its first quarter copper output rise 11.2% from the same period of 2022. Reuters | May 9, 2023 | 6:11 pm
Top 10 new copper projects by mine life Miners are scrambling to develop projects. Colin McClelland | May 9, 2023 | 12:17 pm
Chile Senate committee provisionally approves new royalty limit The government agreed to amend its mining royalty bill to cap the maximum effective tax rate at 46.5% of operating profit from 47% previously. Bloomberg News | May 9, 2023 | 11:18 am
Canadian group led by Pierre Lassonde plans to buy Teck’s coal mines Canadian entrepreneur told the Globe and Mail he would try taking a sizable equity in Teck's coal business. MINING.com Editor | May 9, 2023 | 10:11 am
Codelco, BHP sign sustainable mining agreement The "collaboration accord" sets up a commission to share expertise between the two companies over the next five years in "mutual interest areas". Reuters | May 9, 2023 | 10:06 am
SSR Mining adds ‘world-class’ Hod Maden project in Türkiye to portfolio The project is expected to provide SSR Mining with approximately 80,000 attributable gold-equivalent ounces. Staff Writer | May 9, 2023 | 10:05 am
China April copper imports fall on sluggish economy, property woes Imports of unwrought copper and copper products totaled 407,294 tonnes in April. Reuters | May 9, 2023 | 8:31 am
Fortuna Silver to buy West Africa-focused Chesser Resources for $60m Deal expands Fortuna's footprint in West Africa, where it has the Yaramoko gold mining complex in Burkina Faso and the Séguéla project in Côte d’Ivoire. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 9, 2023 | 3:55 am
Faraday Copper PEA ‘scratches the surface’ with a $2.7bn, 32-year Copper Creek plan A new resource estimate underpins the PEA at the Arizona project. Henry Lazenby | May 8, 2023 | 12:34 pm