Copper

Stacked up copper sheets ready to be transported. Source: CODELCO

A changing landscape for growing copper producers

VANCOUVER — With the US$5.1-billion hostile takeover of Toronto-based Inmet Mining (IMN-T) by large-cap peer First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) looking all but wrapped up, it seems an opportune time to take a look at the shifting…


Tintina grows Black Butte copper count

VANCOUVER – With an upgraded resource estimate for a second deposit at its Black Butte project in Montana now in hand, Tintina Resources (TAU-V) is ready to revamp the project’s recent economic assessment while it awaits permission to…


Copper Mountain contemplates secondary crusher

Despite several mill maintenance shutdowns last year and difficulties with variability in ore hardness and fragmentation entering the SAG mill from the operation’s different open-pit locations, Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) posted gross…


Capstone polishes off another reliable year

VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based copper producer Capstone Mining (CR-T) continues to be one of the strong stories in mid-tier base metal production. The company released its annual results on March 13, which underline a strong…







A shovel dumps a load into a haul truck at Thompson Creek Metals' Mount Milligan copper-gold project near Prince George, British Columbia. Photo by Gwen Preston

Thompson Creek looks challenges in the eye

First the good news: Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) says it has enough cash to finish building its recently acquired Mount Milligan copper-gold mine project near Prince George, B.C., and that the project remains on target for start-up in…


Locals survey the past-producing Panguna copper-gold open pit mine in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Photo by Ian Bickis

The high-stakes world of Papua New Guinea mining

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA — Rising out of the sea at the collision of the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, Papua New Guinea is the stuff of legend for both its geological potential and punishing working environment.


All smiles at Panoro Minerals' Cotabambas copper project in Peru, from left: Yves Barsimantov, vice-president of operations; a local employee; David Huber, CFO; Luquman Shaheen, CEO; and Adriana Luque, community relations manager. Photo by Matthew Keevil

Panoro on track at Cotabambas

CUSCO, PERU — With a large copper-gold-silver resource in its pocket at the Cotabambas project in the Peruvian Andes, Vancouver-based explorer Panoro Minerals (PML-V) is viewing 2013 as a turning point that could see the company…


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