The view from England: Gold’s copper foil
Like opposing characters in a literary plot, gold and copper highlight aspects of the other’s attributes and values. Writers frequently use opposing characters to build drama or create conflict, classically…
Copper
Capstone Mining completes Mantos merger, becomes Capstone Copper
Following receipt of all regulatory approvals, Capstone Mining (TSX: CS) has successfully completed its previously announced business combination with Mantos Copper, creating a new Americas-focused copper producer named Capstone Copper Corp….
Copper deficit narrows slightly to 475,000 tonnes in 2021
The global refined copper market showed a 92,000 tonnes deficit in December, compared with a 123,000 tonnes deficit in November, the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) said in a new…
Meridian Mining advances Cabacal copper project in Brazil toward updated resource
Meridian Mining (TSXV: MNO; US-OTC: MRRDF) has announced new results from its 25,000-metre drill program at its Cabacal copper-gold project at Mato Grosso in west-central Brazil as it works to…
Court halts exploration at Los Andes Copper’s Minera Vizcachitas project on potential endangered species impact
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA; US-OTC: LSANF) has stopped drilling at its Minera Vizcachitas project in central Chile after an environment court asked it to suspend its operations in an…
Barrick seals deal with Pakistan to restart Reko Diq project after a decade; Antofagasta exits
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: Gold) has reached an agreement with the Pakistan government to restart Balochistan’s Reko Diq project, which hosts one of the world’s largest undeveloped open pit…
Copper, gold, silver key to making carbon capture efforts succeed – study
A group of chemists at Tsinghua University have developed a nano-scale structure that combines copper, gold and silver to work as a superior catalyst in a reaction whose performance will…
Blockade halts Southern Copper’s Cuajone mine in Peru
Operations at Southern Copper’s Cuajone mine in Peru have been suspended for 15 days as locals continue to block the company’s access to a water reservoir and other key supplies,…
Canada’s capex raising credentials remain a siren call for mine developers
For more than a century, Canada has been the global leader in capital formation for the mineral exploration and development industry. However, in the wake of modern demand for niche…
UPDATE: Rio Tinto goes after Turquoise Hill in US$2.7B bid
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has offered US$2.7 billion for the 49% of shares it doesn’t already own in Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) in…
LME cancels nickel trading after price soars past US$100,000 a tonne
The London Metal Exchange (LME) cancelled nickel trading on Tuesday after a first-time 250% price spike triggered by Western sanctions against major producer Russia, which left brokers struggling to pay…
Chile steps closer to resource nationalism
A committee tasked with rewriting the Chilean constitution has approved an early-stage proposal that opens the door to the country nationalizing some of the world’s most significant copper and lithium…