copper

Miner First Quantum Minerals is considering selling a minority stake in its flagship Cobre Panama copper mine to reduce debt, two banking sources familiar with the discussions said. First Quantum’s possible move comes as global miners scramble to bolst…

TSX- and NYSE-listed Taseko Mines confirms there have been no confirmed cases of Covid-19 nor related impacts at any of its operations or offices in Canada and the US.

Particularly, the company’s 75%-owned Gibraltar mine, in British Columbia, has ope…

Copper developer Orion Minerals on Tuesday said that it would postpone debt financing activities for the development of its Prieska copper project, in South Africa, until global macro-economic and market conditions stabilise.

The ASX- and JSE-listed O…

A slide in copper demand as much of the world’s manufacturing sector is disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak is expected to fuel a surplus this year of up to a million tonnes in what was expected to be a balanced market. Most analysts are still revisi…

A slide in copper demand as much of the world’s manufacturing sector is disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak is expected to fuel a surplus this year of up to a million tonnes in what was expected to be a balanced market. Most analysts are still revisi…

Chilean copper miner Codelco said on Monday that the drop in copper prices has put some of its projects "at risk." The miner, the world’s largest of the red metal, said in a letter sent to all its workers that the significant decline "casts…

Chilean copper miner Codelco said on Monday that the drop in copper prices has put some of its projects "at risk." The miner, the world’s largest of the red metal, said in a letter sent to all its workers that the significant decline "casts…

Glencore’s Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) mine, a copper and cobalt project in Democratic Republic of Congo, repatriated 26 foreign workers on Monday in response to the country’s coronavirus outbreak, a union official told Reuters. Charles Kumbi, a region…

China’s MMG on Monday said Mining Company Katanga (MCK) has obtained a freezing court order over some assets of its Kinsevere copper mine in Democratic Republic of Congo and is seeking damages of $258-million over a mining services contract. MCK has co…