First Quantum’s Argentina copper mine valued at $5.9B
A new technical report on First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) Taca Taca copper-gold project in northwest Argentina shows the project’s value has more than doubled in five years thanks in…
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JP Morgan sees $5.50 copper, deficit worsening
J.P. Morgan has raised its long-term copper price forecast by 9.1% due to widening structural supply deficits and sharply higher capital costs that will require massive investment in new mine…
US mineral supply vulnerable to China chokehold: report
A new report by the United States Geological Survey reveals that the U.S. has grown more reliant on foreign imports of minerals over the past year, highlighting the increased urgency…
DPM adds 20% gold-silver to extend Bulgaria mine
DPM Metals (TSX: DPM) says a resource update for its Chelopech gold-copper mine in Bulgaria has added four years to the property’s operational life. Chelopech is now projected to have…
American Eagle drills long 0.6% copper at NAK in BC
Canadian explorer American Eagle Gold (TSX-V: AE; US-OTC: AMEGF) says new drilling at its polymetallic NAK project in British Columbia has enlarged a discovery zone that could serve as the…
AME: Faster, deeper discoveries needed, Anglo exec says
Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) chief technical officer Tom McCulley used his first appearance at the Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup to deliver a clear message to the industry: the…
Ivanhoe Electric, SQM explore for Chile copper
Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE-A, TSX: IE) is teaming up with lithium miner Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE: SQM) to explore for copper on parts of the Atacama Desert in…
Osisko says new assays extend Gaspé deposit’s depths
Canadian mine developer Osisko Metals (TSX: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) said new drilling at its Gaspé copper project in Quebec extended the deposit’s vertical depths to almost 1,000 metres. The stock…
South32 backs $35M push at Alaska copper project
The miner has signed off on a $35M work program to advance its Arctic copper project in Alaska through the Ambler JV.
Copper at heart of probable Rio bid for Glencore: RBC
Investors are increasingly expecting Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) to make an all-share offer for Glencore (LSE: GLEN) in a deal driven by the will to control future copper…
Glencore holds merger talks with Rio
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) and commodities trading giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) are holding preliminary talks about combining some or all of their businesses in a deal that could…
NorthWest Copper finds shallow copper, gold in B.C.
NorthWest Copper (TSX-V: NWST) says drilling at its main Kwanika project in British Columbia yielded near-surface copper and gold in two different zones. Hole K-25-287 cut 47.5 metres grading 1.22%…