McEwen Copper provides update on Los Azules in Argentina
The McEwen Copper division, 81% owned by McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) is advancing work on the Los Azules project in Argentina’s San Juan province, having closed the first…
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Anglo Asian Mining grows copper footprint in Azerbaijan
Anglo Asian Mining (LSE: AAZ), Azerbaijan’s leading gold mining company, has been awarded three new copper concessions in the country, which the company thinks could turn it into a mid-tier copper-gold producer. The miner said it is evaluating how…
Peru minister says US$1.4B Tia Maria mine a “no go”
Peru’s economy and finance minister has cast further doubt about Southern Copper’s (NYSE: SCCO) long-delayed US$1.4 billion Tia Maria project by saying he believed the proposed mine in the southern Islay…
Ero Copper study expands Boa Esperanca mine life, doubles production
An updated feasibility study for Ero Copper‘s (TSX: ERO; NYSE: ERO) Boa Esperanca project in Brazil has doubled life-of-mine copper production and increased the mine life to 12 years from…
Peru road blockades forces MMG to halt Las Bambas copper mine
Chinese miner MMG once again will have to halt operations at its Las Bambas copper mine in Peru, one of the country’s largest, as community protests in the nearby province…
Glencore mulls offers for CSA copper mine in Australia
Glencore‘s (LSE: GLEN) long-running campaign to sell its CSA copper mine in Australia’s New South Wales state seems to be finally coming to an end as the miner confirmed today…
Hudbay drills three new zones at Copper World project, near Rosemont
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) has drilled more high-grade copper sulphide and oxide mineralization at its near-surface Copper World project, 7 km from the Rosemont project in Arizona. Drilling…
First Cobalt resumes drilling at Iron Creek
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) said today that it has begun drilling at its Iron Creek cobalt-copper project in Idaho, seeking to double production as higher demand for electric…
Sandfire to buy giant Spanish copper complex for US$1.9B
Australian mid-cap miner Sandfire Resources (ASX: MTR) is buying the Minas De Aguas Teñidas (MATSA) mining complex in Spain for about US$1.9 billion, as it seeks to become a large copper-focused producer. The company went into a trading…
Analysts raise target prices on Teck after investor day
Analysts at CIBC, Canaccord Genuity, Raymond James and BMO Capital Markets raised their target prices on Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/B; NYSE: TECK) following the diversified miner’s September 21 Investor Day,…
QC Copper says planned Opemiska pit contains over 1B lb. copper, 815K oz. gold
QC Copper and Gold (TSXV: QCCU; US-OTC: QCCUF) has released a pit-constrained resource estimate for the Opemiska copper project that contains almost 1.2 billion lb. of copper and 815,600 oz….
Copper Fox PEA for Schaft Creek porphyry puts development cost at US$2.7B
Copper Fox Metals (TSXV: CUU; US-OTC: CPFXF) has released an updated preliminary economic assessment for the Schaft Creek copper-molybdenum-gold-silver deposits in northwestern British Columbia. Compared with a previous 2013 PEA,…