Copper

A box cut under development at Sirius Resources' Nova nickel-copper-cobalt project in Western Australia. Credit: Sirius Resources

Sirius pushes Nova towards production in Australia

VANCOUVER — It’s been two and a half years since Mark Bennett, managing director and CEO of Australian-explorer Sirius Resources (ASX: SIR; US-OTC: SRQUF), struggled to keep his 5¢-per-share company above water.



A drill site at Foran Mining's McIlvenna Bay zinc-copper-gold-silver project in Saskatchewan's Hanson Lake camp.   Credit: Foran Mining

Foran finds promising results at the Hanson Lake camp

Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM; US-OTC: FMCXF) has wrapped up the first round of drilling this year on two deposits near its flagship McIlvenna Bay project in Saskatchewan’s Hanson Lake camp, to see if it could delineate more resources near the…


TSX retreats, April 13-17

Canada’s benchmark index fell on renewed concern over Greece’s debt and China’s new trading regulations. The S&P/TSX Composite Index slipped 28 points, or 0.2%, to 15,360.55, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals…



At the Mineral Deposit Research Unit's 25th anniversary celebration in Vancouver earlier this month. From left: John Thompson, past director; Craig Hart, current director; Al Sinclair, former dean of earth and ocean sciences at UBC; Ian Thomson, past director; Dick Tosdal, past director; John McDonald, co-founder; and Peter Bradshaw, co-founder. Photo by Lesley Stokes.

UBC’s MDRU celebrates 25th anniversary

VANCOUVER — The Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) held its 25th anniversary celebration in early April at the Vancouver Convention Centre, where Peter Bradshaw, cofounder and Canadian Mining…




The secondary crusher at Copper Mountain Mining's namesake copper mine in British Columbia. Credit: Copper Mountain Mining.

Technical troubles dog Copper Mountain in Q1

Mechanical difficulties at Copper Mountain Mining’s (TSX: CUM) 75%-owned Copper Mountain mine in southern B.C. involving a transformer failure on one of the ball mills in February and a 10-day disruption with the regrind mill in March…


Geologists working at Panoro Minerals' Cotabambas copper project in Peru. Source: Panoro Minerals

Panoro’s Cotabambas PEA a good start

Analysts believe Panoro Minerals’ (TSXV: PML; US-OTC: POROF) preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Cotabambas project shows the copper-gold-silver-molybdenum porphyry deposit is viable, despite failing to impress investors. 


A Nautilus owned ship suspends underwater drilling equipment in the air. Source: Nautilus Minerals

Nautilus targets 2018 for undersea mining

VANCOUVER — It’s been a bounce-back 12 months for junior Nautilus Minerals (TSX: NUS; US-OTC: NSUMF), which has overcome a major sociopolitical hurdle to get back on track to develop the world’s first undersea mining operation…


Stacks of copper cathode at the Svedala mill, part of BHP's   Olympic Dam  processing operations in South Australia. Source: BHP

CRU Group sees copper supply deficit in 2018

Christine Meilton, principal consultant on copper supply and raw materials at independent commodities research firm CRU Group, predicts that supply side losses and slow ramp-ups in the smelting and refining sector will put a squeeze on supply…


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