Anglo American slows Peru copper project due to quarantine

Mexico's environmental prosecutor has imposed a new partial order of closure on Grupo Mexico’s Buenavista copper mine.

Deutsche Bank analysts foresee a 2% to 3% earnings increase for the miners.

Following a meeting with BHP’s China boss, Beijing issued a statement saying it believed that “BHP and other iron ore suppliers should avoid abusing dominant market positions."

Phoenix-based copper giant want to to sell its Candelaria copper-gold mine to Canada's Lundin Mining.

Pre-tax profit dropped 27% in the first half to $1.3 billion.

The country’s legislators approved this week a ruling that declares the region surrounding the mine a national park, affecting Glencore's ability to expand it.

Iron ore is down 34% this year over China fears, soft demand and surging supply. The copper market is equally exposed, but has so far defied fundamentals.

Around 15,000 of the total 55,000 licences in effect risk fines and even losing all privileges over the land.

More cuts may be on the way.