copper

Copper production in Chile’s top mines rose in April despite the generalised shutdown in the country aimed at halting the spread of the new coronavirus.

Chilean copper commission Cochilco said state miner Codelco, the world’s top copper producer, saw …

China’s Zijin Mining Group said on Sunday it would pay 3.88-billion yuan ($548-million) to acquire a majority stake in a mining firm with rights to two copper deposits in Tibet.

Best known as a gold miner, Fujian-based Zijin will pay cash for the 50….

The Black Butte copper project that TSX-V-listed Sandfire Resources America is advancing in Montana, US, is facing a lawsuit filed by a number of groups opposing the development over concerns relating to the mine’s potential impact on the Smith river.
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Copper-focused Kaz Minerals says its $150-million capital expenditure (capex) guidance for 2020 remains in place, as previously curtailed activity will resume in due course. Prior to the Covid-19 disruption, equipment and materials were delivered to th…

Underground development at TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ Kakula copper mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, continues to advance ahead of schedule, with more than 15.4 km now complete, or 4.7 km ahead of plan. In May, the mining team set its fifth co…

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Chile´s mineral-rich northern desert early on Wednesday, monitoring groups confirmed, though damage was minimal and mining companies told Reuters their operations had not been affected.

In Chile, a South American nati…

LSE-listed Kavango Resources has been granted two prospecting licences (PLs) in the Botswana section of the highly prospective Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB). The two new PLs are located directly to the southwest of Sandfire Resource’s T3 and A4 Dome coppe…