Rio Tinto cuts 2020 copper targets on Kennecott delay
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has cut its refined copper production target for fiscal 2020 due to delays in restarting a smelter at its Kennecott mine in Utah. The…
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Copper rises above US$3 per lb.
Copper rose above US$3 per lb. for the first time in more than two years, on the back of falling inventories, a lower U.S. dollar, unprecedented Chinese economic stimulus and…
Alaska Republican Party endorses Pebble mine plan
Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (TSX: NDM) shares jumped Aug. 19 after the company revealed that the Alaska Republican Party officially endorsed its proposed Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum mine. The stock climbed almost 5%…
House Oversight Committee alleges political influence in Pebble decision
Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE: NAK) said on Aug. 13 that the Pebble Partnership has written to the Inspectors General of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of Defense…
Hudbay posts US$51.9M loss on Constancia suspension
Canadian miner Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM, NYSE: HBM) posted a US$51.9 million loss in the second quarter, as an eight-week suspension of its Constancia copper mine in Peru weighed on results….
U.S. Gold adds Idaho project to portfolio
U.S. Gold (NASDAQ: USAU) is adding a new exploration project to its portfolio through its acquisition of Northern Panther Resource Corporation, which holds the Challis gold project in Idaho. U.S. Gold is…
BHP to pay $840M to end coal energy dependence in Chile
BHP’s (LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP) Escondida and Spence copper mines in northern Chile are poised to pay a total of US$840 million for an early end to a 2008 energy…
TSX Venture rises, Aug. 3-7
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose by 2.60% to finish the Aug. 3-7 trading week at 739.98. Spot gold continued to set new records, rising US$58.70 per oz., or 2.97%,…
Unigold drills high-grade intercept at Nieta in Dominican Republic
The longest and highest-grade intercept drilled so far at Ungiold’s (TSXV: UGD) Nieta concession in the Dominican Republic “suggests that sulphide mineralization may have a steeper plunge to the northeast…
Glencore records US$2.6B loss, scraps dividend
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) posted a US$2.6 billion loss after write-downs for the first half of the year and scrapped its dividend, as the coronavirus pandemic dented global demand and lowered…
Donald Trump Jr calls for blocking Pebble mine
Opponents of Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (TSX: NDM) proposed Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum mine in Alaska found a new ally on Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s son Donald Jr. took to Twitter…
B of A forecasts US$3,000 gold, US$35 silver on ‘financial repression’
In April, Bank of America Global Research increased its 18-month price target on gold from US$2,000 per oz. to US$3,000 per oz. and forecast an average gold price in 2020…