Antofagasta says drought could hit full year production
Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) saw copper output fall 2.8% to 361,500 tonnes in the first half of 2021 and warned that full-year production guidance, unchanged for now, could be…
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Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula exports first copper concentrate
Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) massive Kamoa-Kakula mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has begun copper concentrate exports to international markets as the metal continues to trade close…
Marimaca extends strike length of Cindy target, shares down
The Cindy target offers potential to add to the company’s leachable resource base and extend mine life.
Updated: OceanaGold to restart Didipio mine after new deal with the Philippines
The Philippines has renewed the contract for OceanaGold‘s (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) Didipio gold and copper mine for another 25 years, after almost two years of the operation being halted…
Forecasts morph into reality as tech metals fundamentals heat up
The world is at the start of an exponential upswing in demand for the suite of technology metals as a global top-down push for the energy revolution accelerates, Ryan Castilloux,…
Taseko sells Harmony gold project
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE: TGB; LSE: TKO) has sold its Harmony gold exploration project on Graham Island, Haida Gwaii, B.C., to JDA Gold, a newly incorporated company controlled by…
TSX Venture down, July 5-9
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 3.09% to finish the trading week at 938.47. Spot gold increased by US$20.60 per oz., or 1.15%, to US$1,807.90 per ounce. Rupert Resources climbed 31¢ to…
Rob McEwen says newly minted McEwen Copper will provide shareholders with exceptional copper price leverage
With the copper price trending in record territory after nearly doubling over the past 12 months, mining veteran and industry luminary Rob McEwen tells The Northern Miner the time had…
Key vulnerabilities in getting to net zero
In a recent report, the International Energy Agency warned that demand for critical minerals like copper, cobalt, lithium, nickel and rare earth elements needed for clean energy technologies is going…
Taseko’s Florence mine permit later than expected
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-AM: TGB; LSE: TKO) has revealed further delays to the permitting timeline for its Florence copper project in Arizona as the company tries to convince the US…
Ero Copper hits 67 metres of 9.21% copper in extension of the Pilar mine
Vancouver-based Ero Copper (TSX: ERO, NYSE: ERO) has provided an exploration update on its ongoing drill programs for the MCSA mining complex and the NX Gold mine, both in Brazil,…
Sandfire granted licence for copper mine in Botswana
Australia’s Sandfire Resources (ASX: SFR) has been granted a mining licence for its Motheo copper project in Botswana’s Kalahari Copper Belt. The Perth-based miner said the milestone was one of…