Antofagasta approves $1.3bn copper project

Chilean miner Antofagasta said its board approved development of the $1.3-billion Antucoya copper project, and it had signed up Japan's Marubeni as a partner. The London-listed miner said Marubeni, a trading company, would become a 30% partner in...

Antofagasta to explore in Sweden

Chile's Antofagasta Minerals has signed a joint venture and strategic regional alliance for copper exploration in Sweden with Eurasian Minerals. This represents the seventh country in which the mining firm, owned by Grupo Luksic, will be...

Reko Diq project partners meet Pakistan PM

Senior officials from Barrick Gold and Antofagasta Minerals this week visited Pakistan, where the two companies are studying the large Reko Diq copper/gold project. Local media in Pakistan reported that Barrick CEO Aaron Regent and Antofagasta...

Reko Diq partners reviewing feas study ahead of submission to govt

The big Reko Diq copper/gold project in Pakistan could reach commercial production within four years of an agreement being reached with the Balochistan provincial government, a partner in the project told Mining Weekly Online Thursday. Reko Diq,...

Canadian explorer granted extensions to 
exploration tenements in Eritrea

The Eritrean government has granted Canadian-explorer Sunridge Gold extensions to two of its exploration licenses that make-up the company’s Asmara project in Eritrea.