Prosperity mine, Canada

A gold and copper mine, situated in Canada

Frontier Rare Earths raised C$60m in IPO - report

Luxembourg-based Frontier Rare Earths, which reportedly raised 50% more than planned in its initial public offering, would struggle to find a better time to list, as the metals the firm hoped to produce continue to gain increasing investor and...

Lumwana mine, Zambia

A copper mine, situated in Zambia

Copper order books filling 'more sharply' – Freeport

Phoenix-based Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold sees real demand for copper as stronger that it has been “for some time”, CEO Richard Adkerson said on Wednesday. Freeport is the world's biggest publicly traded copper producer, and also mines...

Nickel junior African Eagle mulling Toronto listing

The AIM- and AltX-listed exploration junior African Eagle Resources was considering a listing on the TSX in Toronto, its chairperson Euan Worthington told Mining Weekly Online on Tuesday. "We're looking at various options and some have suggested...

Canada's Royal Nickel now led by ex-Inco execs, unveils new Chinese shareholder

Toronto-based Royal Nickel has appointed Scott Hand – who was CEO and chairperson of nickel group Inco when it was acquired by Brazil's Vale – as chairperson of its board of directors, and announced that China's Ningbo Sunhu Chemical Products...

Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt project, Democratic Republic of Congo

The project will entail the construction of an openpit mine that will produce an average of 250-million pounds of copper a year and 18-million pounds of cobalt a year.

EIA report gets thumbs-up in DRC

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) minister of mines signed off the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) report for the Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt mining project, in Kinshasha, at the beginning of October.

Freeport 'working cooperatively' with DRC, amid commotion over ownership split

Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold is pressing ahead with its Tenke Fungurume copper/gold project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and continues to hold talks with the country's government on proposed changes to the mining contract...

Freeport-McMoRan considers big expansion at Peru mine, seriously exploring all assets

Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold believes it can double the reserves at its Cerro Verde copper and molybdenum mine, in Peru, and is considering a large expansion to boost milling capacity at the operation. Freeport, which acquired...

Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt project, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

The project will entail the construction of an openpit mine that will produce an average of 250-million pounds of copper a year and 18-million pounds of cobalt a year.

Freeport-McMoRan sitting pretty as Phelps purchase pays off

Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold more than doubled its first-quarter profit year-on-year, as new assets acquired when it merged with Phelps Dodge last year helped the company to take advantage of record prices for copper and gold.