Is copper the new gold?
One of the key themes that emerged from the 30th BMO Global Metals & Mining conference last week was the desire among many gold and base metal companies to increase…
Copper
Miners await presidential elections in Ecuador
On April 11th, Ecuadorians choose a new president with critical implications for the country’s nascent mining industry. For many, the vote is a referendum on the legacy of former president…
Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners
Resource nationalism has spiked in more than 30 countries over the last year and more than half of those nations are key producers of minerals and hydrocarbons, a new study reveals….
Unigold hits high-grade mineralisation at depth on Neita concession in the Dominican Republic
Unigold (TSXV: UGD; US-OTC: UGDIF) has released the latest drill results from its exploration program at the Candelones Extension deposit, part of the company’s wholly-owned Neita concession in the Dominican Republic,…
Generation Mining feasibility defines 13-year open pit mine
A feasibility study from Generation Mining (TSX: GENM) on its 80%-held Marathon palladium-copper project in northwestern Ontario suggests a 25,200 tonne per day open pit operation producing a copper-PGM (platinum…
Turquoise Hill CEO quits on Rio Tinto meddling
Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) announced on March 4 that its CEO Ulf Quellmann is leaving the company after majority-owner Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) told…
Rio Tinto chairman to step down over caves blast scandal
Simon Thompson is the latest high-profile departure linked to the miner’s destruction of ancient rock shelters in Western Australia.
Ivanhoe mines record tonnage, grade for Kamoa-Kakula stockpiles
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN); OTCQX: IVPAF) put a record 338,000 tonnes of ore grading 5.5% copper on the pre-production stockpile at its Kamoa-Kakula copper project in Democratic Republic of the…
Northern Dynasty to appeal latest negative Pebble permit decision
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has accepted the request of Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) to appeal the latest refusal to grant a water licence to the Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project….
Wolfden begins drilling at high grade Rice Island polymetallic property
Wolfden Resources (TSXV:WLF) has begun a 2,300-metre, six-to-eight hole diamond drilling program at its 100%-owned Rice Island nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum group deposit near Snow Lake, Man. The work is being done with…
Capstone reports 2020 operations beat with strong Q4
Copper-focused miner Capstone Mining (TSX: CS) has announced a production and costs beat for 2020, driven by strong fourth-quarter output at both the Pinto Valley open pit mine in Arizona…
Nexa Resources aims to expand copper assets
Nexa Resources (TSX: NEXA; NYSE: NEXA) is looking to expand its copper assets, CEO Tito Martins told MINING.COM. “Copper is the mineral of the moment, of the decade, and maybe the…