Copper Articles

Atlanta could be Nevada's next big gold buyout

23 June 2023 / Staff reporter

In June alone, the company released 51.8m grading 1.79gpt and 102.2m grading 2.Read More

Fitch trims copper price forecast

23 June 2023 / Staff reporter

The ratings agency trimmed its copper price forecast for 2023 to US$8,600/t, from 8,800/t. Fitch said the cut reflected "weaker year-to-date pricing due to softer economic sentiment".Read More

Rio's A$1bn Australian spending spree

23 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Navigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSOREDReunion aims to put Guyana back on the map with Oko WestSPONSOREDreunion gold corpCopper Search starts drilling high-priority IOCG targets at PeakeSPONSOREDcopper search limitedSaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsRio estimates of the $1 billion awarded, $618 million was spent with Pilbara-based businesses and a record $504 millio...Read More

China offers $72B tax break to spur EV sales

22 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 preferential purchase tax policy for new energy vehicles is being extended to the end of...Read More

Solaris considers non-equity funding options

22 June 2023 / Staff reporter

The company currently has US$25 million in cash and with a $2.5 million monthly burn rate will evaluate its financing options towards year-end. "Equity is not attractive where we are trading (C$5.Read More

LME nickel actions were effectively a Tsingshan bailout,...

22 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 hedge fund Elliott Associates, and the trader and market maker Jane Street Global, are su...Read More

Mitsubishi shows new strategy with Marimaca

22 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Mitsubishi, which has a portfolio of copper investments in the region, including the Escondida, Los Pelambres, Antamina, Los Bronces and Quellaveco mines in Chile and Peru, typically invests at theRead More

Australia could be big critical mineral player in Indo-Pacific...

22 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 Perth USAsia Centre at the University of Western Australia has published the first in a s...Read More

IRA uncertainties leave companies guessing

22 June 2023 / Staff reporter

A panel discussion focused on the 30D and 45X tax credits available under the Internal Revenue Code.Read More

Novo attracts De Grey as partner and shareholder

22 June 2023 / Staff reporter

In return for spending at least $25 million on exploration over the next four years, De Grey will earn a 50% interest in Novo's 1034sq.km Egina project that sits along trend from De Grey's 11.Read More

Northern Star to expand iconic Australian gold mine...

22 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 mill expansion will take processing capacity from the current rate of 13 million tonnes p...Read More

South32 seeking manganese production at Hermosa

22 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Volante said next-generation battery chemistries, such as LMFP and NCM, feature manganese with up to two-thirds of the volume.Read More

Mitsubishi takes 5% stake in Marimaca

21 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Mitsubishi will subscribe for 4.6 million units priced at $4.Read 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

Casting bread upon the waters

21 June 2023 / William Clarke

Hydraulic fracturing has transformed the shape of world energy markets, turning the US into the world's top oil producer. But what is less well known, outside the energy industry, is that it did this largely without making any money.For most of the last 30 years, fracking companies have earned below their cost of capital. Every time the industry has looked to be getting close to profitable, its ow...Read More

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

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

Los Andes can drill Vizcachitas again

21 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Drilling was temporarily suspended in March 2022 due to the Andean cat's presence in the project area.Read More

Antofagasta commit to $1.2 billion for Zaldivar investment...

21 June 2023 / Staff reporter

Zaldivar is owned jointly with Barrick Gold and Antofagasta, but is operated by Antofagasta.Read More

Americas lithium developers charging ahead

21 June 2023 / Staff reporter

ioneer aims to be able to start construction of its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada, US early next year as it nears the end of the NEPA permitting process, chair James Calaway toldRead More

Share to Youtube Share to Facebook Facebook Share to Linkedin Share to Twitter Twitter Share to Tiktok