Copper Stocks Articles

Cardinal advances at pace in Ghana

18 December 2018 / Staff reporter

The gold explorer and development company has accelerated from the initial discovery at Namdini in 2015, to delivering a resource update, maiden reserve, preliminary economic assessment and preliminary feasibility study in the past 12 months alone.Along with strengthening its board with the appointment of ex-Barrick Dr Kenneth G Thomas and former Centamin Egypt director Trevor Schultz, and ga...Read More

Metals rebirth tied to shrinking supplies, stimulus in China

Dec. 17, 2018, 2:30 PM / Bloomberg News

As China goes, so goes industrial metals.That's the message from anxious investors rolling out of a rough 2018, when Trump trade tensions, Federal Reserve rate hikes, a strong dollar and an economic slowdown in China all combined to push the London Metal Exchange Index to its first annual loss since 2015. Five metals fell by 13 percent or more, led by zinc, which lost more than 20 percent.Bulls ar...Read More

Glencore's Katanga says it agreed settlement in Canadian probe

Dec. 17, 2018, 11:33 AM / Bloomberg News

Glencore Plc's Congolese copper and cobalt unit has agreed to settle with Canada's Ontario Securities Commission over an investigation into its accounting, the two sides said, without disclosing the terms of the settlement.The settlement would also cover several current and former executives and directors at the unit, Katanga Mining Ltd., including Glencore's head of copper trading Aristotelis Mis...Read More

Only 13% of board members in the mining industry are women: Bedford

Dec. 17, 2018, 7:15 AM / MINING.com Staff

The Bedford Consulting Group released its annual survey of executive and board compensation in the mining industry and revealed that, within the nearly 200 companies in their sample, only 13% of board members are women.Even lower, when it came to analyzing named executive officers in mining firms, only 8% were women. The most common executive role held by these women is CFO.Looking at compensation...Read More

Gold Stock Triple Breakout

Dec 17, 2018 / Adam Hamilton

The beleaguered gold stocks are recovering from their late-summer capitulation, enjoying a solid young upleg as investors gradually return. Their buying has pushed the leading gold-stock ETF near a major triple breakout technically. That event should really boost capital inflows into this sector, accelerating the rally. A major gold and gold-stock buying catalyst is likely imminent too, a mo...Read More

What caught readers' attention on Mining Journal this year

17 December 2018 / Staff reporter

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipMahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsAmong the top five, "Commodity price optimism and the curious case of uranium" caught readers' eyes.Anarcho Capital senior an...Read More

"Environmental, social issues are hurdles in easing the regulatory landscape"

17 December 2018 / Mining Journal

Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsSustained investment in people a big plus for consultancySPONSOREDbyrnecutJimena Blanco leads Verisk Maplecroft's Americas research team, with regional and thematic experts based in the UK and...Read More

"It's whether decentralisation helps that or makes corruption worse"

17 December 2018 / Mining Journal

Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsSustained investment in people a big plus for consultancySPONSOREDbyrnecut Eileen Gavin is a senior analyst covering country, industry and custom research in the Americas team. Her current foc...Read More

"He will try to triple the budget by extracting more revenue from mining"

17 December 2018 / Mining Journal

Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsSustained investment in people a big plus for consultancySPONSOREDbyrnecut Indigo Ellis is an analyst covering political, business and investment risks in Central Africa for Verisk Maplecroft'...Read More

Fossil fuel attracting cash

17 December 2018 / Staff reporter

Pressuring governments and banks over coal is having a remarkably perverse effect on the price of coal, driving it higher by limiting fresh investment and perhaps even ensuring that production...Read More

Expert queries tin-miner risk

17 December 2018 / Staff reporter

Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsSustained investment in people a big plus for consultancySPONSOREDbyrnecutTo value the company's Achmmach tin project in Morocco, Kasbah Resources directors used an 8% real discount rate. The c...Read More

Canadian regulator to fine Glencore-controlled miner over Congo -WSJ

Dec. 16, 2018, 12:13 PM / Reuters

A Glencore PLC-controlled mining company and some of its current and former executives have agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle Canadian allegations they hid the risks of doing business with an Israeli man close to Congolese President Joseph Kabila, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.The expected settlement between the Ontario Securities Commission and Toronto-listed Katanga Mini...Read More

The security risks of mining in Latin America

Dec. 16, 2018, 11:52 AM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Consultancy firm Americas Market Intelligence or AMI issued this week a lengthy report on the risks of mining in Latin America. One of the chapters focuses on security hazards and reveals that such perils are not necessarily provoked by illegal groups.According to AMI, sometimes local community members that opposed mining operations can cause security risks by deploying roadblocks and aggressive o...Read More

Wheaton resolves tax dispute with Canada Revenue Agency, shares surge 14%

Dec. 14, 2018, 3:07 PM / MINING.com Editor

Wheaton Precious Metals' (TSE: WPM) shares surged over 14% Friday, following the company's announcement that it had a reached settlement with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The settlement provides for a final resolution of Wheaton's tax appeal in connection with the reassessment under transfer pricing rules for 2005 to 2010.Wheaton Precious Metals is one of the largest precious metals streaming...Read More

Billionaire president urged to deliver economic recovery in 2019

Dec. 14, 2018, 1:20 PM / Bloomberg News

High expectations often come at a cost. For Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, the second year in office looks to be riddled with challenges in keeping up with lofty promises of economic revival, passing important tax and pension reforms in a congress where he does not have majority, and unraveling redtape to stoke investment. Not to mention, the risk of the global trade war that would hurt coppe...Read More

Vancouver's Falcon Gold searches for gold, silver and copper in Argentina

Dec. 14, 2018, 12:45 PM / MINING.com Staff

Falcon Gold (TSXV: FG) reported that it completed its 2018 exploration program this week on the Esperanza Resources mineral concessions located in La Rioja province, western Argentina.According to Falcon Gold, the work program was focused on three of its seven concessions, namely ERSA VIII, IX, and X. The idea was to advance the company's knowledge of the historically identified gold, silver and c...Read More

Imperial Metals hires BMO to speed up restructuring - sources

Dec. 14, 2018, 10:33 AM / Reuters

LONDON - Canadian copper producer Imperial Metals has hired Bank of Montreal (BMO) to speed up a restructuring process that could include the sale of the company for up to $1 billion, two sources familiar with the matter said.Imperial Metals, backed by Canadian billionaire Murray Edwards, earlier this year set up a special committee to identify strategic alternatives including joint ventures and a...Read More

EMR Capital has called off plans to acquire BHP's Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile

14 December 2018 / Kristie BattenEditor

PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedThe deal, which was announced in June, would have seen the Melbourne-based private equity firm pay US$230 million for the mine, plus around $40 million through the sale of copper stockpiled at the operation, and up to $50 million in the future depending on the copper price.The acquisition was set to close before the end of December...Read More

Waterton launches full-on Hudbay proxy contest

14 December 2018 / Staff Reporter

Sustained investment in people a big plus for consultancySPONSOREDbyrnecutMahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsIn an open letter to Hudbay shareholders on Thursday, Waterton chief investment officer Isser Elishis lamented Hudbay's...Read More

Indonesia's Silkroad Nickel inks $290m offtake agreement

Dec. 13, 2018, 2:03 PM / MINING.com Editor

Indonesian nickel mining group Silkroad Nickel (SGX: STP) has announced that its subsidiary, PT Teknik Alum Service, entered into a new long-term offtake agreement with PT TBR to supply 15 million tonnes of nickel ore over a period of five to eight years, beginning March 2020.The total contract value of the agreement is estimated to be in excess of $290 million.PT TBR is part of the Qingdao Hengsh...Read More

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