Vedanta Resources Ltd., owned by Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal, said it's seeking international arbitration to resolve a dispute with the Zambian government about its copper assets in the country.Zambia's government this month began liquidation proceedings against Vedanta's Konkola Copper Mines, after accusing Vedanta of lying about expansion plans and paying too little tax. The company says it...Read More
Foreign loans that use minerals as collateral may complicate Zimbabwe's future negotiations with foreign creditors to restructure its $8.8 billion debt, an International Monetary Fund official said on Monday.Unable to get funding from lenders like the IMF since defaulting on its debt in 1999, Zimbabwe has over the last five years relied on the African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) for miner...Read More
Lithium's next generationSPONSOREDneo lithiumHot Chili secures copper 'super hub' SPONSOREDhot chili limitedVimy ready for move to higher uranium groundSPONSOREDvimy resourcesFinally, a changed mining tech M&A landscapeSPONSOREDatricoJP Morgan, which is heavily involved with companies producing the lightweight battery metal, said tight profit margins were forcing supply cuts but no...Read More
We have written for over a year about the historical importance of the shift in Federal Reserve policy. We've noted that over the past 65 years in 11 of 13 rate cut cycles the gold stocks have enjoyed tremendous gains. The historical data shows an average gain of over 170% and median gain of almost 150%.As of last Tuesday morning, the market showed an 84% chance of a rate cut by the Fed meeting in...Read More
A worker at Codelco's El Teniente operation was hit by a rock and died on Sunday, Chile's state miner informed.In a media statement, the world's No.1 copper producer lamented the passing of 58-year-old Pedro Enrique Mena Bolvar??n, who belonged to the company's Mining Division.According to Codelco, the causes that prompted the rock to fall down at the Pilar Norte mine are under investigation."As s...Read More
Finland's next government, encompassing five parties from the left and center of the political spectrum, will increase spending by about 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion), Iltalehti reported, citing a draft of the government program agreed on Friday.The incoming cabinet, led by Prime Minister-designate Antti Rinne of the Social Democrats, is due to unveil its program and composition, including minist...Read More
Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) is not producing copper, the chief executive of the mining firm's owner Vedanta Resources said on Friday.Vedanta is fighting Zambia's decision this month to name a provisional liquidator to run Vedanta Resources' 90,000 tonnes KCM business and said in a statement that it was seeking international arbitration.Legal proceedings in Zambia have been adjourned to Jun...Read More
Lithium's next generationSPONSOREDneo lithiumHot Chili secures copper 'super hub' SPONSOREDhot chili limitedVimy ready for move to higher uranium groundSPONSOREDvimy resources"It's not regulation that fails, it's [the industry] as engineers and operators"SPONSOREDsrk consultingAs anyone working with statistics knows, before analysing data, it is crucial to understand...Read More
Copper's price slide due to the escalating U.S.-China trade dispute suggests a deteriorating fundamental picture, but bubbling away in the background are supply side problems that are likely to lead to a tighter market.Copper is used in the power and construction industries and is seen by investors as a gauge of economic health.Benchmark copper prices on the London Metal Exchange, trading at aroun...Read More
Shares in Ecuador-focused SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) took a hit on Thursday, following media reports of a potential referendum on mining in Imbabura, the province in which its flagship Cascabel copper-gold project is located.The company's stock dropped more than 28% in London to 24.26 pence in early morning, but recovered in the afternoon to close at 32p, leaving its market cap at almost 589m pou...Read More
Chilean copper giant Codelco produced 342,000 tonnes of copper from its mines in the first quarter of 2019, the company said on Thursday, down 18% from the same period a year earlier.The world ?s top copper miner posted a pretax profit of $372 million for the January-March period, down 31% year-on-year, with a production cost per pound of copper of $1.347, a decrease of 0.3%, the company said.Copp...Read More
Zambia says its decision to punish miner Vedanta's local operation for breaching environmental and financial regulations is a signal to other firms to follow the law, mines minister Richard Musukwa said on Thursday.Vedanta is fighting Zambia's decision this month to name a provisional liquidator to run Vedanta Resources' 90,000 tonnes Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) business.Legal proceedings have been...Read More
Lithium's next generationSPONSOREDneo lithiumHot Chili secures copper 'super hub' SPONSOREDhot chili limitedVimy ready for move to higher uranium groundSPONSOREDvimy resources"It's not regulation that fails, it's [the industry] as engineers and operators"SPONSOREDsrk consultingLate last month, ePower announced it had struck a deal with fellow TSXV-listed miner Minera...Read More
Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsThe hole, drilled at the Limon prospect, hit more than 200m of visible and persistent disseminated chalcopyrite and molybdenite with some bornite in a strongly altered porphyry system.Read More
Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsCodelco offered the three unions representing around 3,200 workers at the mine a 27-month contract, including a 1.2% real wage increase and a one-time payment of about US$14,000.The offer was rejected over the weekend by around 80% of workers, with unions unhappy Codelco had not included their health care and retirement benefit...Read More
1. The fear trade for gold continues to gain fundamental strength. The technical picture is also solid. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. Gold is poised for significant upside action in the second half of this year.2. A large bull wedge is in play as institutional investors become more concerned about the slowing global economy.3. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. This...Read More
Relations between the Zambian government and its copper mining sector have just taken a turn for the worse."If it is the will of the Zambian people that we divorce with these mines, then we will do so."President Edgar Lungu has swiftly followed through on his threat with a move to liquidate Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), the local operating unit of India's Vedanta and one of the country's biggest pro...Read More
Eurasian Resources Group and China Non-Ferrous Metals Co. expressed interest in buying Konkola Copper Mines, should the Zambian government succeed in seizing it from Vedanta Resources Ltd., people familiar with the situation said.Eurasian Resources, owned by three Kazakh billionaires, approached the government about two months ago, according to the people, who declined to be identified by name bec...Read More
On May 27, Portofino Resources (TSX-V: POR) announced initial sampling results at its Yergo lithium brine project that covers the entire Aparejos Salar in the Province of Catamarca, Argentina. Yergo is within 15 km of Neo Lithium's high-grade, PFS-stage 3Q Project. Before getting to this important company news, a quick recap of Portofino.The Company controls 3 projects in Catamarca, covering > 8,6...Read More
Lithium's next generationSPONSOREDneo lithiumHot Chili secures copper 'super hub' SPONSOREDhot chili limitedVimy ready for move to higher uranium groundSPONSOREDvimy resources"It's not regulation that fails, it's [the industry] as engineers and operators"SPONSOREDsrk consultingIt is no doubt for the best that I was not cut out for politics.Read More