Copper Articles

KAZ boosts copper production, lifts FY gold guidance

24 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesCopper production stood at 82,900 tonnes, a quarterly record, which KAZ said put it on track to hit its 2019 guidance of around 300,000t.Read More

Feasibility study ... who cares?

24 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Oriole's deepening footprint in West Africa is paying offSPONSOREDoriole resourcesPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedAfrica's rising resource nationalism ups stakes for minersSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftASX-listed mining companies have, on my reckoning, completed 53 business case studies ra...Read More

SolGold makes polymetallic porphyry discovery in southern Ecuador

23 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesMineralised outcrops at the Celen prospect show porphyry style quartz-magnetite-chalcopyrite veining along with disseminated magnetite-chalcopyrite with consistently rich copper, gold, silver andRead More

Antofagasta's production ticks lower in Q3

23 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesAntofagasta produced 197,000 tonnes of copper and 77,500oz of gold in the third quarter, down 0.8% and 10.7% on the previous quarter.Read More

MAX changes focus in Colombia due to access issues

23 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesMax said last week it was terminating plans, announced earlier this year, to purchase exploration assets in the Choco department from Noble Metals, and in the Tahami Indigenous Reservation of AltoRead More

'Goldilocks' moment for copper ahead of LME week

23 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesWhat's driving copper is a perfect storm of competing forces.Read More

Three dead at Norilsk's Siberia copper-nickel mine

23 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resources"A commission has been created to clarify all the circumstances of the incident, an investigation is underway," it said yesterday in a translated statement.The Russian company, also known as Nornickel, said in an update the mine was operating normally at 8pm local time.Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resources...Read More

Growth concerns make miners vulnerable, says CIBC

23 October 2019 / Henry Lazenby

Oriole's deepening footprint in West Africa is paying offSPONSOREDoriole resourcesPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedAfrica's rising resource nationalism ups stakes for minersSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftThe Canadian bank said markets continued to price in a more dovish tone from central ban...Read More

Freeport flips to Q3 loss

23 October 2019 / Staff Reporter

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesThe company reported 14% lower copper production year-on-year at 864 million pounds as the giant Grasberg mine in Indonesia continues to transition to underground, and a disappointing performance at Cerro Verde impacted output.The Phoenix, Arizona-based company reported a net loss of US$131 million, or 9c per share for the period, af...Read More

Graceland Updates: Gold Market Reaction: Tactics For Exhilaration

Oct 22, 2019 / Stewart Thomson

If investors bring proper tactics to the table, gold price reactions can be exhilarating.Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this GDX daily chart.There's nothing more satisfying than buying a market near a low and selling near a high.The key to doing that is buying near a previous low, either with very small size or with a stoploss just under that low.In the case of GDX, the time is no...Read More

Miners to join social protests in Chile

22 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesProtests turned violent Friday following the implementation of a 3-4% increase in Metro fares in capital Santiago, which resulted in the government declaring a state of emergency and invoking publicRead More

Copper sales dip at KGHM despite strong production

22 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Canadian investment firm BMO said KGHM's copper sales figure of 167 kt - which was down 1% year on year - was 10% lower than expected, which it said was possibly due to the timing of deliveries.Read More

Anglo American Q3 results 'better than expected'

22 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resources"Anglo American has reported Q3/19 production and sales that were better than expected overall," said BMO analyst Edward Sterck.Read More

Florence test phase hailed a success

22 October 2019 / Staff Reporter

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesTaseko's operations team have over the past nine months commissioned the 24-hole test wellfield, with injection, recovery and monitoring wells, and ramped up a solvent extraction-electrowinning plant to design capacity. The company said the project complied with all environmental guidelines during the process.CEO Russell Hallbau...Read More

Glasenberg legacy under scrutiny

22 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Oriole's deepening footprint in West Africa is paying offSPONSOREDoriole resourcesPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedAfrica's rising resource nationalism ups stakes for minersSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftWill it be as the ultimate trader, or the man who forced stodgier competitors to give mo...Read More

Miner flags half-year charge of US$780M

21 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesThe company announced four new renewable power agreements for the Escondida and Spence operations.It is part of BHP's goal to shift to 100% renewable energy at the mines from the mid-2020s.Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resources"These new renewable energy contracts will increase flexibility for our power por...Read More

Bank says China Inc has copper timing right

21 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesJiangxi Copper, which has been in talks with First Quantum about its Zambia copper assets, is a key stakeholder in new major First Quantum shareholder Pangaea Investment Management. PIM has 10.8% of First Quantum and an option to go to more than 16%.Investment bank Jefferies says while most equity investors have been unwilling to buy...Read More

Green light shining on Guinea's iron ore patch

21 October 2019 / Staff reporter

Oriole's deepening footprint in West Africa is paying offSPONSOREDoriole resourcesPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedAfrica's rising resource nationalism ups stakes for minersSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftOn balance, and despite a totally understandable rejection of Guinea as an attractive in...Read More

Moscow Metals & Mining Briefing

18, October 2019 / 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.The Wood Mackenzie team will be presenting our analysis and perspectives on key commodities which include Copper, Nickel, Coal (met and thermal) and Aluminium. Join us at the Moscow Metals & Mining Briefing to discuss the issues f...Read More

But community issues weigh on Las Bambas outlook

18 October 2019 / Kristie Batten

Oriole's deepening footprint in West Africa is paying offSPONSOREDoriole resourcesPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedAfrica's rising resource nationalism ups stakes for minersSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftDugald River produced 47,296 tonnes of zinc in zinc concentrate, 32% above the previous...Read More

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