Copper Stocks Articles

Funding will deliver Botswana bonanza to Barminco

24 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumBarminco will work on the C$397 million Khoemacau "starter project" that involves underground mining of sulphide ores.Read More

"We are not going to settle for crumbs [at Chuquicamata]"

24 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumIn a joint statement released hours ago, unions 1, 2 and 3 said about 55% of the 2,742 members who voted on Saturday rejected the state-owned company's latest offer."Given this result, unions 1, 2 and 3 will remain on strike in Chiquicamata, seeking to access substantial improvements for the benefit of our workers," they...Read More

The lithium speed bump

24 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Greenland shines brightly in the rare earth spotlightSPONSOREDgreenland mineralsBlack Rock readies for race to graphite productionSPONSOREDblack rock miningE25 powering towards Butcherbird PFSSPONSOREDelement 25Finally, a changed mining tech M&A landscapeSPONSOREDatricoIn a nutshell, lithium hit a speed bump after travelling too far, too fast.Read More

Canadian miner remains cautious about drawing definitive conclusions from single intercept

23 June 2019 / Staff Reporter

Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumThe company reported an intersection of 28.1m grading 12.6% copper, which included 18m at 15.62%. Ero said initial drilling beneath the main ore zones of the Vermelhos mine encountered high-grade mineralisation about 70m below the Toboggan orebody, intersecting 13.4m grading 5.86% copper, which also included 8.4m gr...Read More

Potential Upside Targets for Gold Stocks

Jun 21, 2019 / Jordan Roy-Byrne

Gold has finally broken out to the upside.In Asia trading on Thursday, Gold exploded through the $1360 to $1370 resistance zone and was able to hold the gains throughout the day, closing above $1395/oz.As we pen this article, Gold has to chance to break $1400/oz by the weekend. The close of the month (and quarter) next week will provide an additional clue as to the sustainability of this strength....Read More

Ecuador's Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of SolGold's plans to develop Cascabel

21 June 2019 / Staff Reporter

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsIn its judgement, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador unanimously rejected the petition calling for a referendum on the basis of technicalities. The court judgement rejecting the petition did not discuss or rule on the merits of the case, and the formal resolution of the court with further detail into the rejection is yet to be publ...Read More

Florence achieves commercial leach grades

21 June 2019 / Staff Reporter

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsThe Vancouver-headquartered company said Thursday progress on three main fronts - technical, permitting and financing - had its Florence copper project in Arizona, USA, on track to be construction-ready in the first half of 2020.CEO Russell Hallbauer said: "Based on previous bench-scale testing, we expected it would take upwards of...Read More

Latest assays identify new high-grade zones

20 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Strongbow reviving age-old Cornwall tin mining traditionSPONSOREDstrongbow explorationLithium's next generationSPONSOREDneo lithiumFinally, a changed mining tech M&A landscapeSPONSOREDatricoE25 powering towards Butcherbird PFSSPONSOREDelement 25President and CEO Luis Tondo said Coro had discovered new, multiple high-grade zones within the oxide zone at surface, and for the first time was s...Read More

Where's the value: focus or diversity?

20 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Strongbow reviving age-old Cornwall tin mining traditionSPONSOREDstrongbow explorationLithium's next generationSPONSOREDneo lithiumE25 powering towards Butcherbird PFSSPONSOREDelement 25Finally, a changed mining tech M&A landscapeSPONSOREDatricoFocus is such a highly regarded corporate attribute, its meaning is often stretched beyond any recognisable literal meaning to simultaneously accom...Read More

Junior builds compelling case for deeper investigation at Alaska Range

19 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsThe highly regarded junior has welcomed Lundin Mining Corporation as both a major shareholder (14.3%) and potentially as a joint venture partner at the 100%-owned Stellar project, aptly named for the porphyry copper-gold potential identified at Saturn, Mars, Gemini and Jupiter.PolarX's summer exploration focus will be on two key pro...Read More

Rio to drill for copper next month at Janice Lake

19 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsThe major can earn up to 80% of Janice Lake by spending C$30 million (US$22.3 million) on exploration over three years and paying Forum a total of $640,000, under an agreement struck last month.Read More

"The repression [at Chuquicamata strike] is absolute and harsh"

19 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsPolice fired rubber bullets and tear gas as workers tried to block access to the site, Reuters reported.In a translated joint statement, Sindicatos 1, 2 and 3 said workers were "violently repressed" when trying to set up a camp, adding 12 had been detained.Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicals"The repres...Read More

Copper story still intact: CRU

19 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsAddressing the South Australian government's annual Copper to the World conference in Adelaide yesterday, Santiago-based CRU Consulting principal analyst, Erik Heimlich, said the copper price at itsRead More

Stop working on the easy fixes

19 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Strongbow reviving age-old Cornwall tin mining traditionSPONSOREDstrongbow explorationLithium's next generationSPONSOREDneo lithiumE25 powering towards Butcherbird PFSSPONSOREDelement 25Finally, a changed mining tech M&A landscapeSPONSOREDatricoI do often wonder what I would do with my time if I didn't drink quite so much. But, try as I might, I have yet to come up with any ideas that woul...Read More

Fed Meeting Bullish for Gold

Jun 18, 2019 / Stewart Thomson

It's my firm belief that most Americans are living in a fantasy world where a superhero named President Trump is going to negotiate fabulous "America-first" trade deals with cowering governments around the world... and Americans will then magically relive the 1950s with massive GDP growth, even while QE to infinity becomes as American as apple pie.The reality of the situation is almost the exact o...Read More

Bank of America says long-term demand model continues it suggests expansion

18 June 2019 / Henry Lazenby

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsHowever, analysts at the bank's global research team said neither LME quotations nor physical premia have reflected that."In our view, the trade dispute is the key culprit, compounding the negative impact the ongoing rebalancing of China's economy has had on growth," the bank said in its Global Metals Weekly report.Altech ticks boxe...Read More

SolGold expands board

18 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsPerth-based corporate advisor Liam Twigger, SolGold's Brisbane-based head of exploration Jason Ward, and head of communications Anna Legge are now directors.Twigger joins the SolGold board as a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee, Ward is executive director, project management, and Legge is executive di...Read More

Copper junior Castillo eyes London listing

18 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipStrongbow reviving age-old Cornwall tin mining traditionSPONSOREDstrongbow explorationLithium's next generationSPONSOREDneo lithiumFinally, a changed mining tech M&A landscapeSPONSOREDatricoThe company, which has not traded since it was rapped over the knuckles by New South Wales' regulator for serious breaches of its lice...Read More

India copper demand key to balanced market

18 June 2019 / Staff reporter

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsCRU Consulting principal analyst Erik Heimlich said at the Copper to the World Conference in Adelaide the market would see the "first real volumes of copper use in electric vehicles" by 2025, absorbing about one million tonnes a year of copper by then."Expect this specific EV market demand to rapidly increase to 5Mtpa," Heimlich sai...Read More

Gold Stock Upleg Mounting

Jun 17, 2019 / Adam Hamilton

The gold miners' stocks have surged powerfully over the past few weeks, challenging upleg highs. Traders started returning to this small contrarian sector as gold blasted back above the psychologically-crucial $1300 line. While such early-summer strength is atypical, gold miners' technicals, sentiment, and fundamentals all support more gains to come. Gold stocks need to mean revert to much-higher...Read More

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