Junior exploration in Peru

The firm is developing a trio of staggeringly huge copper deposits on the Chilean-Argentine border that contain a total of over 28 billion pounds of copper and 19 million ounces of gold resources (only two of the deposits have resource estimates on them).

The country’s environmental authority criticized the Top Court decision saying the miner conducted proper consultation with local indigenous groups and shouldn’t have to do it again.

The shine may soon come off Chile's decade-long copper boom as technical and regulatory problems in getting new mines into production highlight just how hard it will be to keep ratcheting up the supply.

The agreement signed with Indonesia’s outgoing government also means higher royalties to be paid by the firm.

Copper price sinks to 10-month low after new report says mine capacity representing 6% of current production will come on stream over the next six months.

Big three successfully defending their oligopoly says new report.

Those calling a market bottom after Monday's surge and Chinese import gains may have been premature.

The drop was mainly due to reduced shipments from Codelco and Collahuasi, official figures show.

Ex-billionaire Eike Batista’s main mining unit became the third of his companies to file for bankruptcy protection in a year.