US Southwest Snapshot: Eight companies to watch
The southwestern United States has a long history of mining and remains one of the nation’s top mineral regions. The region has good infrastructure, an…
Copper
For the world to hit net zero, global mining industry needs to ramp up capex
The global mining industry may need to nearly double its annual capital expenditure (capex) if the world is to cut its climate-changing carbon pollution to…
HudBay expands drill program at Copper World in Arizona
Drilling at Hudbay Minerals’ (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) Copper World project in Arizona this year has identified three new deposits bringing the total number to…
Capstone’s Pinto Valley mine fully permitted to 2039
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS) has received final approvals from the U.S. Forest Service for a new mine plan for the Pinto Valley copper mine 125…
BHP in talks with Wyloo over Noront takeover
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has begun talks with Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals concerning the imminent takeover of Canada’s Noront Resources…
Anglo American strategy boss replaces Cutifani as CEO
Duncan Wanblad, 54, will be the first South African to run the company since Tony Trahar stepped down in 2007.
Neal “the deal” Froneman is having a helluva year
Neal Froneman seems laid-back but he’s a man in a hurry. The CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater, the largest primary producer of platinum, second-largest primary producer of…
Peru central bank warns against anti-mining protests
A rising wave of anti-mining protest in Peru, which has paralyzed several operations in the world’s second largest copper producing country in the last few…
Orford Mining partners with Wyloo Metals to explore West Raglan in Quebec
Well before Wyloo Metals began its fight with BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) for Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT), the Australian company signed a…
TSX Venture Exchange climbs, Oct. 25-29
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 1.59 points or 0.17% to finish the October 25-29 trading week at 950.43. Spot gold climbed US$8.50 per oz….
Protests force Peru’s largest copper mine to halt operations
Operations at Peru’s Antamina copper and zinc mine, jointly owned by Glencore (LSE: GLEN), BHP (NYSE: BHP; LES: BHP; ASX: BHP), Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B;…
Chile copper output sinks to seven-month low
Copper production in Chile, the world’s top copper producer, registered in September its worst month for copper since February on the back of labour disruptions and…