Canada’s Vendetta receives positive PEA for Australian lead-zinc project The assessment revealed that Pegmont has a mine life of 10 years at 3,000 tonne per day open pit followed by an underground operation. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 28, 2019 | 7:08 am
Chilean miner Antofagasta studying $3 bln expansion at Centinela mine -paper Antofagasta's copper production rose 3 percent to 725,300 tonnes last year, allowing the company to weigh potential expansion projects. Reuters | January 27, 2019 | 8:48 am
Codelco and Ennomotive challenged engineers to find creative uses for copper-graphene nanocomposite Sixty-five engineers from 15 countries came up with ideas. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 26, 2019 | 12:19 pm
How microbes contribute to the formation of giant copper deposits Researchers are studying the unusual Las Cruces deposit in southwestern Spain. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 25, 2019 | 9:26 pm
Pacific Bay extends Meteor Boot at Haskins-Reed in BC The company tested targets near the Meteor zone, where 2011 drilling cut 17.5 metres grading 88.35 grams silver, 1.11% lead and 3.39% zinc. Northern Miner Staff | January 25, 2019 | 1:51 pm
Explorex Resources scraps plans to buy battery metals project in Finland The Canadian miner won't be buying the Hautalampi cobalt, nickel, copper project in eastern Finland at this time due to financing issues. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 25, 2019 | 8:17 am
Flagship Volkswagen plant transforms for EV era German carmaker will invest 870 million euros ($985 million) by 2020 to develop e-vehicle components, including batteries and charging stations. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 25, 2019 | 3:03 am
Freeport profit misses expectations as copper prices drop Freeport posted fourth-quarter net income of $140 million, or 9 cents per share, compared to $1.04 billion, or 70 cents per share. Reuters | January 24, 2019 | 3:00 pm
Imperial 2018 output up, despite Mount Polley decision For the full year, the company produced 75.3 million lb. of copper and 79,056 oz. of gold. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 24, 2019 | 2:29 pm