Copper faces further slide after US vote: TD
Copper could fall further as Democratic Party gains in the United States midterm elections weaken expectations for import tariffs and raise doubts about projected demand…
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Chibougamau offers Central Asia copper growth: BMO
Central Asia Metals’ (AIM, TSX: CAML) newly acquired Chibougamau project in Quebec could produce more copper annually than the company’s Kounrad mine, helping offset shrinking…
Freeport approves $4.5B Bagdad copper expansion
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) has approved a $4.5-billion (C$6.3 billion) expansion of its Bagdad mine in Arizona that would more than double copper output, bolstering domestic…
Friedland’s Ivanhoe slashes copper outlook again
Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has cut next year’s copper production outlook at Kamoa-Kakula by 19% as recovery work at the flood-hit…
Hudbay leads $49.8M investment in Pecoy Copper
Canadian explorer Pecoy Copper (TSXV: PCU; US-OTC: PCUUF) agreed to raise $49.8 million (US$35.7 million) from Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) and another investor to…
China border checks cut Oyu Tolgoi exports by 70%
Copper concentrate exports from Rio Tinto’s (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia have dropped about 70% over the past two weeks because…
Freeport trims copper sales outlook as Grasberg recovery advances
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) cut its copper sales forecasts for this year and next while reaffirming the recovery timetable for its Grasberg operation in Indonesia. Consolidated…
Western Copper CEO exits as Casino review advances
Western Copper and Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: WRN) said CEO Sandeep Singh will leave the company this week, handing leadership to chairman Mark E. Smith as…
Codelco copper mine blockade adds to supply concerns
Workers at Codelco’s Ministro Hales copper mine in northern Chile blocked access to the operation for about six hours on Monday in a dispute over…
Local miner outbids Freeport for Colombia exploration
Colombia’s OP Gold Capital outbid U.S. copper giant Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) for exploration rights in the country’s north, raising its offer to retain a 60-sq.-km…
Moon River lifts Davidson value to $1.2B, tungsten output jumps
A new study from Moon River Moly (TSXV: MOO; US-OTC: MRIVF) raises the estimated value of its Davidson molybdenum-copper-tungsten project in British Columbia by 20%…
Hudbay, Mitsubishi OK $2.1B Copper World project
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) and Japan’s Mitsubishi have approved construction of the $2.1-billion (C$2.9 billion) Copper World project in southern Arizona despite a 59%…