Copper Articles

Nickel's ESG face off

21 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Masson said the battery sector will grow to challenge stainless steel as the dominant nickel end-use market, growing from a 12% market share in 2022 to 41% by 2033 even though it requires "the leastRead More

Rio makes half-a-billion investment at Kennecott

21 June 2023 / Staff reporter

The US$498 million investment is targeting an initial reserve of 3Mt grading 2.4% copper, 1.Read More

Indonesia tipped to ban raw copper exports from May 2024

21 June 2023 / Staff reporter

"If these two big companies complete their smelters, that means we will no longer export raw copper because it will be processed domestically to become copper cathodes," Indonesia's president JokoRead More

McEwen updates Los Azules PEA

20 June 2023 / Staff reporter

The PEA base case is distinctly different from that presented in the prior 2017 PEA, which featured a conventional mill and flotation concentrator producing copper concentrate for export.Read More

Newmont defers Yanacocha Sulphides again

20 June 2023 / Staff reporter

"In connection with this transaction and our strategy to create lasting value, we are targeting at least $2 billion in near-term cash flow improvements through portfolio optimisation within the firstRead More

Atlantic Lithium release shallow-depth Li assay results...

20 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltySaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsFollowing the release of results, chairman Neil Herbert said that he believed the mining leas...Read More

Talga gets backing for Vittangi

20 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltySaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsBased on feasibility work in 2021, Vittangi will cost about $484 million to bring into produc...Read More

Chinese giants invest $1.4 billion in Bolivian lithium...

20 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltySaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsThe commitment follows a deal struck in January through a tender process that saw the CATL-le...Read More

Battery raw materials demand soaring

20 June 2023 / Staff reporter

She said the challenge is to grow from 851GWh of battery demand in 2022 to 24TWh "to green the grid and then 140TWh to green the entire global fleet".Read More

Why Rio's Jacob Stausholm is in the spotlight

20 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesSaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesRio had its licence for Jadar withdrawn last year following mass protests over the environmen...Read More

Australia releases 'disappointing' Critical Minerals...

20 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesSaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesThe new strategy has six focus areas: developing strategically important projects, with targe...Read More

PolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in Alaska

20 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Northern Star Resources-backed explorer PolarX has unveiled a 160% increase at the Caribou Dome copper-gold-silver resource in Alaska, with more potential upside and a scoping study update underway, as managing director Dr Jason Berton explains.Read More

Lake shares slump on revised lithium development plan...

19 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltySaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsCEO David Dickson said the company had reviewed all the work on the play-leading direct lithi...Read More

Nickel 28's board hands resignations to new member...

19 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltySaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsThe board has spent the past week considering its next move after the bulk of Read More

Albemarle expands in Western Australia

19 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesSaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesLPI Read More

$40B needed for Ukrainian green recover of iron and...

19 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesSaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesRostyslav Shurma, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine is visiting London th...Read More

Fortescue to expand UK battery, electric train production...

19 June 2023 / Staff reporter

The company's green power arm Fortescue Future Industries said that the new Banbury facility will operate alongside Fortescue's other Oxfordshire facilities including the Kidlington factory which willRead More

Panama mining chamber set out support for Cobre Panama...

19 June 2023 / Staff reporter

The contract has yet to be ratified, but when it will be it will inform future agreements as the country moves to develop its copper and gold sector.Read More

Client Briefing: Taking stock of the impact of the 2022 energy crisis on Asia Pacific power markets

17, June 2023 / Staff reporter

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.We are excited to announce that as of February 1, Wood Mackenzie is a portfolio company of Veritas Capital, a leading investor at the intersection of technology and government. Our focus remains on providing you with the best intellig...Read More

First Quantum shares rise on reports of Barrick offer...

16 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesSaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesBarrick's approach, which comes as the miner pursues ways to expand in copper, was met with F...Read More

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