SNC said it was in a dispute with a client over a mining project in Latin America, and while the company did not name the client, it is widely believed to be Codelco where SNC obtained engineering,Read More
The production record was driven by increased production from the BHP operated Escondida mine that increased its production 34% to a record 1.2Mt.Meanwhile, state copper company Codelco produced 1.7Mt, its lowest output since 2014.Chile is the world's largest producer of copper and increased its market share to 27.7% of global production in 2018 from 26.7% in 2017.The production of copper concentr...Read More
Alderan unlocking Frisco potentialSPONSOREDalderan resourcesThe company is also searching for a 64-year-old employee who went missing on Friday after a mudslide, which was described in a translated statement as "an avalanche of proportions never before seen".On Sunday, Southern Copper said there had only been sludge, due to the intense rainfall, not a tailings dam failure in the area.Alderan unloc...Read More
Southern Copper Corp said on Monday that it earned $293.2 million in net profit the fourth quarter, compared to a $287.5 million loss it posted in the same period a year earlier.The company, controlled by Grupo Mexico, said its copper production rose 4 percent in the fourth quarter from the same period in 2017. It added that a 112 percent rise in net income in all of 2018 was due mainly to higher...Read More
Mexican miner and transport company Grupo Mexico on Monday reported a net fourth quarter profit of $74.7 million, down by 32 percent compared to the year earlier period.The company reported $2.567 billion in revenues for the fourth quarter, down slightly from a year earlier.(By Lizbeth Diaz; Editing by Delphine Schrank)Read More
Peru's environmental agency OEFA is investigating what looks like a tailings spill from Southern Copper's Cuajone mine into a river as the area where the operation is located has been inundated by heavy rains in the past four days.The authority detected a "flow of a greenish solution" into the nearby Torata River in the waste deposit area of the operation, located in the Moquegua region approximat...Read More
Gold stocks' young upleg is gathering steam, marching steadily to higher lows and higher highs. These bullish technicals are gradually improving sentiment, fueling mounting interest in this contrarian sector. That's helping the gold stocks regain lost ground relative to gold, the driver of their profits. Fundamentals are growing more favorable as gold itself powers higher. All this portend...Read More
Alderan unlocking Frisco potentialSPONSOREDalderan resourcesIts Ministro Hales, Gabriela Mistral and Radomiro Tomic divisions were also back to normal, and it starting to repair the public road linking Calama with Chuquicamata, Codelco said yesterday."Thanks to the measures adopted and the existing protocols, during the emergency no injured workers have been registered," the company said.Alderan u...Read More
Citi, a well-credentialled investment bank, earlier today penciled in A$102 as the target price for the stock, which has received an unexpected boost from a sharp increase in the price of iron oreRead More
The Minerals Council of Australia published a report titled The Next Frontier: Australian Mining Policy Priorities where it asks the government to advanced a revived tax reform that removes barriers that hinder the growth of the country's mining sector.According to the Council, such reform would encourage additional investment in capital and technology."Australia should have strong tax integrity r...Read More
The world's No. 1 copper producer, Codelco, issued a statement this Saturday saying that it is ready to restart operations at the Chuquicamata mine in northern Chile, following a suspension prompted by severe rains.In the press release, Codelco explained that its plan is to gradually restore operations. Therefore, it called on employees scheduled to work on Saturday to be at their posts starting a...Read More
Glencore is cutting the workforce at its Mutanda copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo to lower costs before a possible shift in production methods, according to people familiar with the matter.The company is studying the economic viability of those deposits, given rising production costs and an uncertainty political environment in CongoLabour unions met on Friday to discuss t...Read More
Glencore's Zambian unit Mopani Copper Mines Plc said on Friday it had suspended operations at its Mindola north shaft after three workers were killed in a fire accident.Mopani is one the biggest mining companies in Zambia - Africa's No. 2 producer of the metal - with an output of around 100,000 tonnes a year. It was not immediately clear how much production would be lost owing to the suspended pro...Read More
Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) said Friday it was "surprised and disappointed" at how quickly Cornerstone Capital Resources (TSX-V:CGP) dismissed a takeover approach, adding that it will bring the offer directly to the target's shareholders.Last month, SolGold put forward what it called a "premium" offer for Cornerstone's 15% share of the Cascabel copper-gold project in exchange...Read More
Heavy rains in northern Chile, which forced state miner Codelco to halt operations at its Chuquicamata and Ministro Hales copper mines, have also impacted Freeport-McMoRan's El Abra.Codelco, the world's No.1 copper producer, said Friday it had sent its daytime shift of workers home as a preventative measure and would evaluate whether to cancel its night shift as well.Freeport-McMoran (NYSE: FCX),...Read More
Delrey Metals Corp.'s (CSE:DLRY, FSE:1OZ) mandate is to create shareholder value by sourcing, financing & developing undervalued strategic energy metals properties & projects through staking ground or making accretive, prudently and creatively financed acquisitions & joint ventures / farm-ins. They're off to a good start and have a clean balance sheet with just 34 million shares outst...Read More
Cobalt leader talks about new era for project, IdahoSPONSOREDecobalt solutionsDelivering a 90-minute keynote presentation to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence's Cape Town World Tour stop this week, Friedland named air pollution - or airpocalypse - as the single biggest issueRead More
Alderan unlocking Frisco potentialSPONSOREDalderan resourcesThe eight drill holes reported ere were designed to explore the upper 150m of Bx 6, the northernmost outcropping breccia pipe identified to date.Read More
Toronto's Troilus Gold Corp. is launching a 40,000-metre drill program at its 100% owned Troilus gold property near Chibougamau. Two phases are planned to de-risk and expand on the current resource report last November.Last year Troilus offered a resource estimate for both open pit and underground mineralization. There were 121.7 million indicated tonnes averaging 0.87 g/t gold and 0.086% copper,...Read More
Chilean state copper miner Codelco saw a 1.9 percent drop in its output in 2018, at 1.8 million tonnes, while production at the world's largest copper mine, Escondida, shot up 34 percent in the same year, Chile's copper commission said on Thursday.Codelco was affected by a natural decline in ore grades, an issue it is seeking to reverse with a major program of upgrades. Production at Escondida, co...Read More