copper

China Minmetals, Jiangxi Copper and Zijin Mining Group are among companies considering bids for Barrick Gold’s Zambian copper mine that could fetch about $1-billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. China Molybdenum and Aluminum Corp of China,…

Exploration and development firm SolGold assured shareholders on Thursday that its operations in Ecuador were not affected by the protests in that country and said that it had taken precautions to keep its employees safe. The protests were sparked by P…

Zambia’s Konkola Copper Mines (kCM) smelter was on Wednesday shut down for annual maintenance two days earlier than planned after a leak, the provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu said. Lungu said the smelter, which was scheduled to undergo annual maint…

The Pumpkin Hollow underground copper project is in the final stages before starting producing in the current quarter, which will transition TSX-listed Nevada Copper from developer to producer.

The company confirmed this week that it had started preco…

Copper and platinum-group metals project developer Ivanhoe Mines has appointed Mark Farren CEO of its Kamoa-Kakula copper joint venture, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Farren was previously Ivanhoe executive VP of operations.

Chile’s Antofagasta, one of the world’s largest copper producers, has requested government mediation to resolve a contractual dispute with supervisors at its flagship Los Pelambres mine, the supervisors’ union said on Monday.

The workers voted by a ma…