Exacting industrial gearbox requirements met for DRC mine
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Mining, whether underground or above ground, is always a challenging operating environment for precision-engineered industrial gearboxes.
Read more
Copper
Kakula Copper’s study for Phase 3 mine and concentrator expansion
Study work for the Phase 3 mine and concentrator expansion is underway, which includes optimization work to determine mining production
Read more
Kamoa-Kakula concentrator Phase 2 overall project 44% complete
Construction of the second 3.8-Mtpa concentrator plant (Phase 2) is progressing well, with the overall project 44% complete; engineering and
Read more
Kamoa-Kakula concentrator approaches steady-state-design performance
KOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo – Co-Chairs Robert Friedland and Yufeng “Miles” Sun have announced that hot commissioning and ramp-up
Read more
BHP Billiton makes an offer for the nickel-copper-PGE Noront
Noront Resources has announced that BHP Billiton made an all-cash offer for Noront. Noront is a Canadian-based mining company that
Read more
Namibia court vetoes Haib copper-molybdenum mining license
VANCOUVER, BC – Deep-South Resources Inc. has announced that the High Court of Namibia has decided to interdict and restrain the Ministry
Read more
Base Metal Prices Rallied on a Stronger Recovery in Industrial Production
Base metal prices increased by 30 percent between August 2020 and February 2021. The resurgent industrial activity in China and
Read more
Surge begins exploration program at its copper-silver project
VANCOUVER, BC – Surge Battery Minerals Ihas announced that it has begun its fall exploration program at the Caledonia Copper-Silver
Read more
Chillerton advaces its copper cobalt mining in Zambia
Chillerton, a junior copper and cobalt mining company, has become one of the largest license holders in the Zambian Copperbelt
Read more
Copper has fallen 16% from its May 2021 high
The price of copper has fallen to a worrying level. Copper prices in London dropped below $9,000 a tonne to
Read more
Jubilee undertakes expansions at its PGM, chrome and copper units
Jubilee’s operational growth continuous to exceed expectations despite the challenges of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and the significant expansion programme
Read more
Kamoa-Kakula copper production exceeded 500 tonnes per day
KOLWEZI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Ivanhoe Mines has announced that Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1, 3.8 million-tonne-per-annum (Mtpa) concentrator plant was
Read more
Jubilee Metals updates on its Zambian copper and cobalt operations
The role-out of Jubilee Metals’ copper and cobalt strategy offers the potential of significant continued earnings growth in addition to
Read more
Orion to acquire and consolidate the Okiep Copper Project
Orion Minerals has taken another key step in its strategy to become a leading diversified international base metals producer after
Read more
Copper and zinc production meet Glencore’s H1 guidance
Baar, Switzerland – Glencore plc, in its Half-Year Production Report 2021 highlights the following: Own sourced copper and cobalt production
Read more
Copper will benefit from the energy transition
In the first half of 2021 LME cash copper prices reached a record high of US$10,725, says Roskill. China’s huge
Read more
World-first greenfield e-scrap recycling plant for precious metals
Following a multi-month commissioning phase, SMS group has handed over a greenfield recycling plant for waste electrical and electronic equipment
Read more
Anglo American delivers solid operational performance for Q2 2021
Anglo American has delivered a solid operational performance supported by comprehensive Covid-19 measures to help safeguard the lives and livelihoods
Read more
Copper and gold projects alter mining industry in Colombia
Although mining in Colombia accounts for 2% to GDP, the government and industry representatives hope that it will be an
Read more
Metals can be extracted from brines of dormant volcanoes
Magma beneath volcanoes releases gases that rise towards the surface. These gases are rich in metals. As the pressure drops,
Read more
Serbia to become second largest copper producer in Europe
China’s mining company Zijin Mining announced the start of trial production in the upper-zone of Serbian world-class Čukaru Peki copper
Read more
Ivanhoe Mines releases copper production guidance for 2021
Ivanhoe’s guidance for contained copper in concentrate expected to be produced by the Kamoa-Kakula Project for the balance of 2021
Read more
Kamoa-Kakula’s off-take agreements for blister copper and concentrate
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Ivanhoe Mines has announced that Kamoa Copper SA –the operating company of the joint venture
Read more
Lualaba Copper Smelter to produce 99% blister copper for Kamoa Copper
Kamoa Copper signed a 10-year agreement with the Lualaba Copper Smelter, located outside the town of Kolwezi, for the processing
Read more
AMS awarded contract for mining services at Motheo copper project
Perenti Global has reported that its surface mining subsidiary in Africa, African Mining Services (AMS), was awarded the contract for
Read more
Copper: Mine expansions and no shortage of smelting capacity
According to Wood Mackenzie, there is more than enough copper supply to meet medium term requirements. With mine expansions coming
Read more
High copper prices could slow demand for electric vehicles
According to Wood Mackenzie, prices for copper (along with several other mined commodities) do not reflect fundamentals – the dynamics
Read more
Foran’s Mcllvenna Bay to become carbon-neutral copper project
Foran Mining Corporation has announced that its 100% owned Mcllvenna Bay deposit will become the world’s first carbon neutral copper
Read more
Glencore to resume operations at Mutanda Co-Cu mine in 2022
Glencore plans to restart operations at its Democratic Republic of Congo Mutanda cobalt mine that also produces huge amounts of copper
Read more
Is commodity market overheated?
Despite seeing the Blomberg Commodity Spot index rally to a fresh ten-year high with +4% gains recorded in 9 out
Read more