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COLLABORATIONThe Palabora copper mine Lift II expansion project is expected to extend the life of mine to at least 2038
MRC, PMC reach new depths in Lift II ventilation shaft project
15th December 2023 By: Shannon de Ryhove

Underground mining contractor Murray & Roberts Cementation and its client, copper miner Palabora Mining Company (PMC) celebrate a significant milestone in their partnership as they approach the... 


Mitsubishi, Freeport completes copper smelter expansion in Indonesia
14th December 2023 By: Reuters

Indonesian copper smelter operator PT Smelting, a joint venture between Mitsubishi Minerals Corp and PT Freeport Indonesia, inaugurated on Thursday an expansion in capacity of its smelter facility... 


Billionaire Adani’s new copper foray to further tighten world's ore supply
Billionaire Adani’s new copper foray to further tighten world's ore supply
14th December 2023 By: Bloomberg

The planned start of billionaire Gautam Adani’s copper plant in India next year will spur a sharp rise in imports of concentrate, further tightening the global supply of ore on which smelters... 


Chakana extends C$2.2m private placement to January
14th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Exploration company Chakana Copper, which is advancing the Soledad project in Peru, has extended its nonbrokered private placement to raise C$2.2-million to January 12. To date, the company has... 


Ivanhoe Mines' Robert Friedland
Ivanhoe to raise C$500m through private placement
13th December 2023 By: Darren Parker

Copper and platinum group metals mining company Ivanhoe Mines has engaged investment banking firm BMO Capital Markets as the sole agent in connection with a proposed offering of about 41.6-million... 


First Quantum shows interest in Raiden’s Mt Sholl
13th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Base metals miner First Quantum has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Australian junior Raiden Resources’ Mt Sholl nickel/copper/platinum group elements (PGE) project, in Western... 


ICMM CEO Rohitesh Dhawan.
Mining urged to embrace international council’s new Scope 3 emissions guidance
13th December 2023 By: Martin Creamer

All mining and metals companies are being urged to embrace new guidance on reducing Scope 3 emissions, which was published by the International Council for Mining and Metals (ICMM) on Wednesday.... 


Antofagasta, union extend talks to allow contract vote
13th December 2023 By: Reuters

Workers at Chilean copper miner Antofagasta's Centinela mine and the company agreed to extend talks to allow workers to vote on a new contract offer, the union said on Wednesday. The union will... 


Cyclone Jasper disrupts R3D’s copper sulphate production
12th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

North Queensland copper and gold producer R3D Resources has suspended copper sulphate pentahydrate production, as the Tartana plant and process ponds have been prepared for the impact of Cyclone... 


Jubilee CEO Leon Coetzer at the Roan operations.
Copper to be recovered from yet another on-surface copper resource in Zambia
12th December 2023 By: Martin Creamer

A Johannesburg-listed company, in strategic partnership with a Middle Eastern conglomerate, has secured one of the largest copper waste rock assets on surface in Zambia. JSE AltX company Jubilee... 


TNC commits to Cloncurry restart
12th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The board of True North Copper (TNC) has endorsed the Cloncurry project mining restart plan, with initial mining set for early 2024. The ASX-listed company has combined the Great Australia Mine... 


Solaris arranges $80m funding package for Ecuador project
12th December 2023 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-listed Solaris Resources has arranged a financing package of $80-million for the advancement of the Warintza project, in Ecuador. The company entered into definitive agreements with Orion... 


The world’s copper supply is suddenly looking scarce
The world’s copper supply is suddenly looking scarce
12th December 2023 By: Bloomberg

A forecast surplus of copper going into 2024 has suddenly all but disappeared. The next couple of years were supposed to be a time of plenty for copper, thanks to a series of big new projects... 


Peru copper output up nearly 2% in October as Antapaccay surges
Peru copper output up nearly 2% in October as Antapaccay surges
12th December 2023 By: Reuters

Peru's copper production rose 1.9% in October compared with the same month last year, totaling 240 097 metric tons for the month, the Andean country's mines and energy ministry said on Monday.... 


Lycopodium awarded contract for Lumwana copper mine expansion
11th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Engineering, construction and asset management firm Lycopodium has been awarded a feasibility study and basic engineering contract for the expansion of the Lumwana copper mine, in Zambia. The... 


M&R Cementation, PMC reach one-million fatality-free hours on expansion project
11th December 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Underground mining contractor Murray & Roberts (M&R) Cementation has reached one-million fatality-free hours at its vent shaft contract on the Palabora Mining Company (PMC) Lift II expansion... 


Panama govt orders First Quantum to end mining operations, country unit says
Panama govt orders First Quantum to end mining operations, country unit says
11th December 2023 By: Reuters

Panama's trade and industry ministry has ordered Canada's First Quantum to end operations at its lucrative copper mine, the firm's unit in the country said on Friday. The ministry sent the unit,... 


Chilean copper smelter project drawing interest from China
8th December 2023 By: Bloomberg

Chinese groups are exploring the possibility of participating in a copper smelting project in Chile — some of them in a bid to lock in supplies of a key metal in the energy transition. Officials... 


Robert Friedland
Ivanhoe quadruples exploration budget for 2024, to focus on Western Foreland project
7th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has quadrupled its exploration budget for 2024 to $90-million, with exploration activities to be primarily focused on the 2 654 km2 Western Foreland project in the... 


China’s CMOC says geopolitics helped drive Australian mine sale
China’s CMOC says geopolitics helped drive Australian mine sale
7th December 2023 By: Bloomberg

Chinese copper and cobalt miner CMOC Group, which sold a controlling stake in its Northparkes mine in Australia earlier this week, said a changing geopolitical situation was one of the reasons for... 


Chile targets 1Mt copper boost in tightening market
Chile targets 1Mt copper boost in tightening market
7th December 2023 By: Bloomberg

Chile is targeting an acceleration of its nascent copper-production recovery over the coming years in what would help fill a predicted supply gap as the energy transition spurs demand for the... 


Jupiter Mines chairperson Ian Murray
South Africa’s community engagement ahead of global peers, manganese AGM hears
6th December 2023 By: Martin Creamer

The South African mining industry is years ahead of its international peers when it comes to local and community engagement, Australia-listed Jupiter Mines, which owns 49.9% of the Tshipi manganese... 


State auditors recommend Freeport Indonesia be fined for smelter delays
6th December 2023 By: Reuters

Indonesian state auditors have recommended the energy ministry fine Freeport Indonesia for delays in its plan to build a copper smelter, estimating that such a penalty could amount to... 


Critical Mineral Resources acquires new permits in Morocco
6th December 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Critical Mineral Resources (CMR) has been granted four new exploration permits in the Rabat and Beni-Mellal regions in Morocco.  The three new permits, covering an area of about 80 km2,... 


Govt funding to advance Nico critical minerals project
6th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Canadian government has offered funding to support metallurgical test work for the Nico critical minerals project, which entails a planned openpit and underground mine in the Northwest... 


Rescuers pull out first survivor of Zambia landslide that trapped 25 miners
6th December 2023 By: Reuters

Rescue workers in Zambia have pulled out the first survivor of a December 1 landslide that inundated a open-pit copper mine and trapped at least 25 people who were working there without a permit,... 


Antofagasta, union begin mediation to avoid strike
6th December 2023 By: Reuters

Chilean copper mining company Antofagasta and workers at its Centinela mine on Tuesday began a government mediation process after contract talks failed, a last resort before the union could go on... 


Zambia's President hopeful that trapped miners still alive
5th December 2023 By: Reuters

Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema said on Tuesday he was still hopeful that at least 25 informal miners trapped four days ago by a mudslide at an openpit copper mine were still alive, as rescue... 


Marula appoints new COO
5th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Africa-focused battery metals investment and exploration company Marula Mining has appointed Martin Westerman to succeed Tokkas van Heerden, who has resigned, as COO. The appointment of a COO is... 


Larvotto makes new copper discovery at Mt Isa
5th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Larvotto Resources has intersected significant new zones of copper mineralisation at its Mt Isa project, in Queensland. Announcing the results of its drilling conducted on the Yamamilla... 


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