Copper


EMED Mining's past-producing Rio Tinto copper mine in Huelva province, Spain, 65 km northwest of Seville. Photo by EMED Mining

EMED reviving Rio Tinto in Spain

In six years, Cyprus-based EMED Mining (EMD-T, EMED-L) has grown from being little more than a concept to a company with very real plans to restart copper production this year from the historic Rio Tinto open-pit copper mine in southwestern…


Workers at the milling facility at Taseko Mines' Gibraltar project. Photo by Taseko Mines

Taseko to add capacity at Gibraltar copper mine

Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) wants to take advantage of robust copper prices and expand capacity at its 75%-owned Gibraltar copper mine in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, near Williams Lake.  


Northgate updates resource at Kemess

Northgate Minerals (ngx-t, nxg-n) has boosted its indicated resource tonnes by 18% and its contained gold and copper by 10% and 9%, respectively, at its Kemess underground project in north-central British Columbia.



A drill rig at Northern Dynasty Minerals and Anglo American's Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project in Alaska. Photo by Northern Dynasty Minerals

Pebble PEA makes a big splash (March 07, 2011)

February was a busy month for Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-T, NAK-X) and Anglo American (AAL-L) at their gigantic Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project in southwest Alaska, said by many to be one of the largest undeveloped copper-gold…


Chile a copper cornucopia

Chile is already the world’s largest producer of copper and home to around a third of global reserves of the red metal. That has led some to suggest that the country’s exploration potential may have peaked. But that’s not what the latest…


An Alaskan district takes shape

Vancouver – Talk of a district may be premature, but interest is growing in an area roughly 150 km northwest of Anchorage Alaska thanks largely to Kiska Metals’ (KSK-V) efforts there.


Oyu Tolgoi to produce 3 million oz. silver a year

With silver prices cruising to new heights, investor interest in the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia has “prompted” Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) to “more widely circulate the projections for silver production that have…


Quadra FNX posts record earnings in 2010 (March 02, 2011)

Quadra Mining successfully completed its merger with FNX Mining in May 2010 and judging by the combined company’s earnings last year, the blend into Quadra FNX Mining  (QUX-T) has been quite a success so far, with a little help from…



Drilling at the Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska. Credit: Northern Dynasty Minerals

Pebble PEA makes a big splash (February 28, 2011)

Vancouver – February was a busy month for Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-T, NAK-X) and Anglo American (AAL-L) at their gigantic Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project in southwest Alaska, said by many to be one of the largest undeveloped…


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