Copper Stock Articles

Casino primed to be world-class producer

27 September 2021 / Western Copper and Gold

Mining Journal Americas editor Paul Harris speaks with Western Copper and Gold president and chief executive Paul West-Sells about the company's plans to develop the massive Casino copper and gold asset, which returned a $2.3 billion after-tax NPV (8% discount) over a base-case 25-year life within a PEA published last month (August).Western Copper and Gold is solely focused on developing the world...Read More

Growing copper market faces down supply crisis

27 September 2021 / Mining Journal

Mining Journal Americas editor Paul Harris is joined by Cormark Securities base metals analyst Stefan Ioannou and a suite of emerging copper companies to discuss what's driving the copper price and future demand, the jurisdictions likely to pick up responsibility for meeting that demand, and some of the most exciting projects currently providing leverage to the copper price for investors.In this s...Read More

MATSA boasts exploration upside, says Sandfire

24 September 2021 / Staff reporter

The acquisition comprises three underground mines, a plant and 2450sq.km of ground in the Iberian Pyrite Belt across Spain and Portugal.Read More

Minster details future plan

24 September 2021 / Staff reporter

Future remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesOzAurum drills in home of goldSPONSOREDozaurum resourcesDeveloping Canada's Premier Copper-Gold MineSPONSOREDFirefly shines as new era loomsSPONSOREDfirefly resourcesJobet said the government wants to put policies in place to virtually double copper production to around 9 million tonnes per year by 2050 as well as making production 1...Read More

RareX embraces new ESG standard

23 September 2021 / Staff reporter

Future remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesOzAurum drills in home of goldSPONSOREDozaurum resourcesCan copper turn greener?SPONSOREDmarimaca copperFirefly shines as new era loomsSPONSOREDfirefly resourcesSpeaking to investors at the New World Metals conference in Perth earlier this month, chief executive Jeremy Robinson described his ESG reporting announcement a day earlier as an...Read More

Copper Mountain on path to triple production

23 September 2021 / Staff reporter

It said the third ball mill was expected to increase milling capacity at the Copper Mountain mine from 40,000 tonnes per day to 45,000tpd.CMM's production guidance was recently increased to 90-100 million pounds copper-equivalent a year.It had produced 98.2Mlb Cu-eq in 2020 and is owned 75% by Copper Mountain in a joint venture with Mitsubishi Materials Corp.Copper Mountain plans to incorporate th...Read More

Sandfire makes $1.8B Spain copper acquisition

23 September 2021 / Staff reporter

The company has entered into a binding sale and purchase agreement with global metals trader Trafigura and Abu Dhabi state-owned Mubadala Investment Company to acquire 100% of Minas De Aguas TenidasRead More

Copper World has seven deposits

23 September 2021 / Staff reporter

Future remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesOzAurum drills in home of goldSPONSOREDozaurum resourcesCan copper turn greener?SPONSOREDmarimaca copperFirefly shines as new era loomsSPONSOREDfirefly resourcesThe new deposits are called Bolsa, South Limb and North Limb. Drilling also confirmed and increased the confidence in the size of the Broad Top Butte, Peach and Elgin deposits.Read More

Rio Tinto drilling at Arcas lifts AbraSilver

22 September 2021 / Staff reporter

Rio Tinto can earn up to 75% of Arcas by spending US$25 million on exploration, under a 2019 deal.Arcas is in the Antofagasta region and is under-explored despite being adjacent to a major mineral belt, AbraSilver said."Having partnered with Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest and most successful mining and exploration companies, provides a significant opportunity for AbraSilver to unlock additi...Read More

Investment to maintain production

22 September 2021 / Staff reporter

Carroll said projects include installing a third ball mill and expanding the crushing operation. He also said the company has exploration upside.Read More

Cerro Colorado water ban lifted for 90 days

21 September 2021 / Staff reporter

The court ordered the SEA environmental regulator to complete an environmental evaluation of the Cerro Colorado operational continuity project as soon as possible and authorised the company to extractRead More

Developing Canada's Premier Copper-Gold Mine

21 September 2021 / Mining Journal

Mining Journal's Paul Harris speaks to Western Copper and Gold, President and CEO Paul West-Sells about their large Casino project, located in the politically stable Yukon Territory, including bringing Rio Tinto as a strategic investor and moving the project to a feasibility study.The organisation holds significant gold, copper and molybdenum resources and reserves in its Casino Project located in...Read More

Miners voice social benefits

21 September 2021 / Staff reporter

Future remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesOzAurum drills in home of goldSPONSOREDozaurum resourcesCan copper turn greener?SPONSOREDmarimaca copperFirefly shines as new era loomsSPONSOREDfirefly resourcesSpeaking at the 35th edition of the biennial event organised by the Institute of Mining Engineers of Peru, Gutierrez said the environment of rising metal prices presents the coun...Read More

Panel of industry leaders discusses industry challenges

20 September 2021 / Staff reporter

Future remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesOzAurum drills in home of goldSPONSOREDozaurum resourcesCan copper turn greener?SPONSOREDmarimaca copperFirefly shines as new era loomsSPONSOREDfirefly resourcesThe theme of this year's event was ‘A Brave New World' with discussions around ESG and technology. The panel touched on recent sexual assault allegations in Pilbara mine ca...Read More

The overdue iron ore crash

20 September 2021 / Staff reporter

Future remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesOzAurum drills in home of goldSPONSOREDozaurum resourcesCan copper turn greener?SPONSOREDmarimaca copperFirefly shines as new era loomsSPONSOREDfirefly resourcesThe Read More

Company expands Paterson Province ground by 1000sq.km

17 September 2021 / Staff reporter

The London-listed but Aussie-focused company has acquired the 75sq.km Pascalle tenement, which sits 20km west of Havieron and 14km east of Telfer.Read More

Diverging trends for China's copper supply mix

17 September 2021 / Staff reporter

Slowing Chinese copper demand on account of uneven economic growth forecasts for the second half of this year looks set to squeeze imports going forward.Read More

Mounting geopolitical risks for iron ore majors

16 September 2021 / Staff reporter

Midnight Sun says Rio earn-in speaks for Solwezi qualitySPONSOREDmidnight sun miningFuture remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesCashed-up Karora is doubling gold production at a blistering paceSPONSOREDkarora resourcesOzAurum drills in home of goldSPONSOREDozaurum resourcesThe mining industry has been little concerned in recent times with global power rivalries.  By and large...Read More

Matsa said to be up for sale

16 September 2021 / Staff reporter

The parties made binding offers last week for Minas de Aguas Tenidas, known as Matsa, Bloomberg reported, citing confidential sources.Rumours had started to swirl around Singapore-based trader Trafigura selling out of copper assets earlier this year, as Mining Journal columnist Richard Wachman commented in March.Trafigura had sold 50% of Matsa to the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Invest...Read More

Reportedly monitoring situation

14 September 2021 / Staff reporter

"Due to the unstable situation in Afghanistan, the Mes Aynak copper mine invested by the company has not yet undergone substantial construction," chairman Zheng Gaoqing said on Monday at an online briefing, Reuters reported.Jiangxi has a 25% stake in Mes Aynak with MCC. They have a US$3 billion, 30-year contract to develop the project, which lies about 40km from Kabul and is also home to priceless...Read More

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