Copper

Geologix looks at the bigger picture at Tepal

Vancouver — While largely focused on advancing its Tepal gold-copper project in western Mexico towards production, Geologix Explorations (GIX-T) has also been busy with regional exploration to improve the project’s long-term…


Batero drops 50% on resource estimate

Shares of Batero Gold (BAT-V) took a deadly plunge after disappointing the market with its initial resource estimate at the Batero-Quinchia project in Risaralda, Colombia.


MAX hopes to find ‘silver lining’ in Majuba Hill

MAX Resource (MXR-V) continues to search for a copper-silver porphyry system at its Majuba Hill property in Pershing County, Nev. Assays were released in early February from a second quarter 2011 drill campaign at the property.


A bridge over the thickener at Anglo American's Los Bronces copper mine in Chile. Photo by Anglo American

Copper market more balanced in 2013-2014

Copper could see above-trend production increases in 2012, Bank of America Merrill Lynch asserts in a Jan. 24 report on base metals. The bank’s global commodity research team forecasts a more balanced market by 2013, “which could…


A conveyor piles material at BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's Escondida copper mine in Antofagasta Province, Chile. Photo by BHP Billiton

BHP and Rio double down on copper

BHP Billiton (BHP-N) and Rio Tinto (RIO-N) are feeling optimistic about copper. Six weeks into the first quarter of 2012, the two mining giants have unveiled plans to commit over US$4 billion to expand copper production at operations in Chile…


Yamana ups yearly profits by 17%

Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) reported a US$89.5-million profit for the fourth quarter of 2011, a 28% decrease from the same period a year ago, thanks to a one-time US$81-million impairment loss on investments.


New Brunswick: top spot for mining

The international mining industry has ranked New Brunswick as the world’s most attractive jurisdiction for exploration and development, unseating last year’s winner Alberta which fell to third place behind Finland, according to the…


Doubling of resource creates buzz about La Mancha

Visual outcrops of sulphide can be seen at the bottom of twelve of the sixteen oxide pits that make up La Mancha Resources’  (LMA-T) Hassai mining complex in the remote desert of northern Sudan. And a new resource estimate based on…


BHP and Rio double-down on copper

Vancouver — BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BHP-L, BHP-A) and Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) are feeling optimistic about copper. Six weeks into the first quarter of 2012, the two mining giants unveiled plans to commit over U$4 billion to expand…


Drillers at Bellhaven Copper & Gold's La Mina gold-copper project in Central Colombia. Photo by Bellhaven Copper & Gold

Best intercept yet for Bellhaven in Colombia

Bellhaven Copper & Gold (BHV-V) hit its best intercept yet at its La Mina gold-copper project in Colombia, and the good news came out of an emerging zone on the property.


JV partners Regulus and Pachamama to merge

Already equal partners in the headline-grabbing Rio Grande copper-gold project in Argentina, Regulus Resources (REG-V) and Pachamama Resources (PMA-V) are making the arrangement formal and merging into one company.


A drill rig at Magma Metals' Thunder Bay North platinum-palladium-copper-nickel project, located 50 km northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Photo by Magma Metals

Panoramic launches hostile bid for Magma Metals

An unfriendly takeover bid of Magma Metals (MMW-T, MMW-A) by Australia’s Panoramic Resources (PAN-A) sent Magma’s shares in Toronto up 77% to close at 15¢ on Feb. 3 with nearly 3 million shares changing hands.  


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