BHP’s Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, said on Tuesday it had dropped plans to continue drawing water from the Atacama salt flat, relieving pressure on the parched desert basin, home to top lithium miners SQM and Albemarle.
BHP has long pu…
Dual-listed copper developer Orion Minerals has flagged a possible A$15-million in cost savings at its Prieska copper/zinc project, in South Africa, after identifying two new 3 600 kW mills that can be incorporated at the project. The new mills are imm…
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For the handful of hedge-fund traders who built long careers riding the volatility of commodities markets, two things are obvious about copper: it’s cheap and terrifying.
There’s a good argument that the metal – which is in the midst of a record-brea…
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Hour 1 – Treasuries and Precious Metals a Long Term Perspective
On this weekend’s show I start off by recapping the new of the week and increased volatility in all markets….
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No major commodity has felt the pain of the worsening coronavirus epidemic more deeply than copper.
The metal has tumbled for 12 straight sessions in London, the longest retreat in more than three decades of data. Since January 20 when the outbreak i…
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Toronto-listed Nevada Copper has replaced its mining contractor at the Pumpkin Hollow mine, in Nevada, with Redpath USA, which will now be the principal underground mining contractor for the project going forward.
The move comes as Pumpkin Hollow is r…
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The transportation of metal from MMG’s Las Bambas copper mine in Southern Peru has been halted since Monday, a police chief told Reuters on Thursday.
"As a safety measure, they have suspended the use of their vehicles," said Victor Andres Pati…
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The transportation of metal from MMG’s Las Bambas copper mine in Southern Peru has been halted since Monday, a police chief told Reuters on Thursday.
"As a safety measure, they have suspended the use of their vehicles," said Victor Andres Pati…
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The regional government of Galicia, Spain, has turned down the environmental impact statement (EIS) for Aim- and TSX-listed Atalaya Mining’s Proyecto Touro project, citing concern over the mine’s impact on the Ulla river and related protected ecosystem…
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Pembridge Resources Plc. [PERE-LON] has resumed hauling copper concentrate from the Minto Mine, almost seven…
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