Copper-hungry US buyers circle Ivanhoe Electric mine
Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE-A, TSX: IE) is in advanced negotiations to sell copper from its $1.4-billion Santa Cruz project in Arizona as surging demand from artificial…
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BHP averts strike at world’s biggest copper mine
BHP (ASX, LSE: BHP) and the supervisors’ union at its Escondida mine in Chile have reached a preliminary agreement to avert a strike at the…
Hot Chili drills shallow copper, gold in Chile
New drilling by Glencore (LSE: GLEN)-backed Hot Chili (ASX, TSX-V: HCH; US-OTC: HHLKF) has extended shallow copper-gold mineralization at its La Verde porphyry discovery in…
Vizsla Copper logs high-grade silver in Alaska
Vizsla Copper (TSXV: VCU; US-OTC: VCUFF) says new drilling at its Palmer copper-zinc project in southeast Alaska highlights the property’s potential for high-grade silver mineralization….
Nuvau sees lower capex for Matagami
An upcoming study by Nuvau Minerals (TSXV: NMC) on potentially restarting the historic Matagami base-metal operation in Quebec will extend the project’s mine life while…
Glencore gets RIGI nod for $4B Argentina copper project
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has secured Argentine government approval for its $4 billion (C$5.7 billion) Agua Rica copper project under the country’s special investment incentive program,…
Osisko plots major resource increase for Gaspé
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) expects its Gaspé copper project in Quebec to get even bigger as new drilling fills gaps in the resource…
New $850M debt deal moves Troilus copper-gold project closer to full funding
A new debt-financing accord brings Troilus Mining (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) closer to securing the entire capital needed to develop its namesake copper-gold project in Quebec….
Higher Santa Cruz costs weigh on Ivanhoe Electric
A new prefeasibility study (PFS) shows Ivanhoe Electric’s (NYSE, TSX: IE) Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona has become more expensive to build while its…
Osisko hits 4.7% copper beneath Gaspé workings
New drilling by Osisko Metals (TSX: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) at its Gaspé Copper project in eastern Quebec has extended the past-producing mine’s footprint, demonstrating the…
Las Bambas halt compounds South America copper woes
China-controlled miner MMG (HKG: 1208) has suspended operations at its Las Bambas mine in Peru after an accident killed two workers, adding another disruption to…
Copper price eases as LME inventories surge
London Metal Exchange on-warrant copper inventories have surged by more than 50% in three days, easing fears of an acute supply squeeze and sharply narrowing…