Glencore mulls offers for CSA copper mine in Australia
Glencore‘s (LSE: GLEN) long-running campaign to sell its CSA copper mine in Australia’s New South Wales state seems to be finally coming to an end…
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Hudbay drills three new zones at Copper World project, near Rosemont
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) has drilled more high-grade copper sulphide and oxide mineralization at its near-surface Copper World project, 7 km from the…
First Cobalt resumes drilling at Iron Creek
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) said today that it has begun drilling at its Iron Creek cobalt-copper project in Idaho, seeking to double production…
Sandfire to buy giant Spanish copper complex for US$1.9B
Australian mid-cap miner Sandfire Resources (ASX: MTR) is buying the Minas De Aguas Teñidas (MATSA) mining complex in Spain for about US$1.9 billion, as it seeks to become a large copper-focused producer. …
Analysts raise target prices on Teck after investor day
Analysts at CIBC, Canaccord Genuity, Raymond James and BMO Capital Markets raised their target prices on Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/B; NYSE: TECK) following the diversified…
QC Copper says planned Opemiska pit contains over 1B lb. copper, 815K oz. gold
QC Copper and Gold (TSXV: QCCU; US-OTC: QCCUF) has released a pit-constrained resource estimate for the Opemiska copper project that contains almost 1.2 billion lb….
Copper Fox PEA for Schaft Creek porphyry puts development cost at US$2.7B
Copper Fox Metals (TSXV: CUU; US-OTC: CPFXF) has released an updated preliminary economic assessment for the Schaft Creek copper-molybdenum-gold-silver deposits in northwestern British Columbia. Compared…
TSX Venture declines, Sept. 13-17
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 16.52 points points or 1.83% to finish the September 13-17 trading week at 886.83. Spot gold fell US$33.00 per…
Rio Tinto hit with fresh tax bill in Australia
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has been hit with a A$379 million (US$277.7 million) bill as part of an ongoing dispute with the…
Talon Metals hits record nickel, copper grades at Tamarack
One drill hole intersected nickel-copper mineralization grading 7.97% Ni and 11.25% Cu.
Chile lowers copper price estimate for 2021 on lower demand, US stimulus
Chile’s copper commission Cochilco has revised down its average copper price forecast for the year to US$4.20 per lb. from a previous estimate of US$4.30 per lb….
Taranis Resources’ B.C. bulk permitting tussle a provincial exploration industry boon
The recent receipt of an Environmental Management Act (EMA) permit allowing explorer Taranis Resources (TSXV: TRO; US-OTC: TNREF) to undertake a bulk sample at its…