January 28, 2022

Teck Resources’ QB2 to cost up to $500m more than planned

It estimates the covid-19 pandemic will impact the expansion project's cost by $900 to $1.1 billion, up from the $600 million anticipated.

January 27, 2022

Add another 1m tonnes to annual copper demand from EVs

2021 saw a surge in new electrodeposited copper foil manufacturing capacity – just one use leading to a 5-fold increase in copper demand from EVs over the next decade.

January 27, 2022

Chilean Senate commission approves adjusted mining royalty bill

Bill raises tariffs on firms operating in the world's top copper producing nation.

January 27, 2022

How Latin America wastes billions of dollars worth of valuable metals

E-waste generated in Latin America in 2019 contained valuable metals representing a total value of roughly $1.7 billion of secondary raw materials.

January 27, 2022

Anglo American ups copper guidance on Quellaveco start

It expects to produce between 680,000 and 760,000 tonnes in 2022, as the giant copper mine in Peru begins operations mid-year.

January 26, 2022

Peru community to block transport road used by Las Bambas mine

The district of Ccapacmarca told Reuters they will block the road to pressure Peru's judiciary to expedite the resolution of a lawsuit they filed challenging the national highway status granted…

January 26, 2022

Politics turning against copper mining – Freeport’s Adkerson

The task of ramping up copper supply to meet growing demand in the clean-energy transition is getting harder as societies and communities resist new mines and politicians seek a bigger…

January 26, 2022

Chile’s constitution drafters want to annul mining concessions on indigenous lands

Proposal to suspend Chilean mining and forestry concessions that infringe on indigenous land was approved.

January 26, 2022

Fresnillo cuts production targets on Omicron labour shortage

The miner said labour absences fuelled by the latest covid-19 variant would have a greater impact on production than anticipated.

January 25, 2022

Battery Mineral Resources’ stock rises on drill results at Punitaqui copper mine

Minera Altos de Punitaqui is in the Coquimbo region of Chile, about 30 miles south of Teck's Andacollo copper mine.