2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (769+ words) New drilling by Osisko Metals (TSX: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) at its Gaspé Copper project in eastern Quebec has extended the past-producing mine’s footprint, demonstrating the potential for higher-grade mineralization near old underground workings. Standout hole 30-1228 cut about 257 metres grading 0.85% copper…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (292+ words) Copper output at Chilean state miner Codelco, one of the world’s largest copper producers, fell 5% from a year earlier in July to 112,800 metric tons, data from state copper commission Cochilco showed on Thursday. The latest Codelco copper production data extends…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (353+ words) Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) has secured Aboriginal consent for its Winu copper-gold project in Western Australia, advancing one of the miner’s most important near-term growth projects. The agreement between mining giant and the Nyangumarta Warrarn Aboriginal Corporation (NWAC)…...

4+ day, 4+ min ago   (763+ words) Chile, the world’s largest copper producer, is mining nearly a quarter of global concentrate while smelting just 4.2% of the world’s copper, exposing a widening gap in a supply chain increasingly dominated by China. The imbalance means Chile exports much of…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (525+ words) Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) has produced the first copper-gold concentrate at its Skouries project in Greece as the miner targets commercial production in the fourth quarter. The Canadian miner introduced first ore into the crushing circuit in July…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (814+ words) Chile’s copper mines are using substantially more electricity for each tonne of metal they produce as declining ore grades increase the physical demands of mining, a trend that could intensify pressure on the country’s power system as the industry electrifies....

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (783+ words) Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI; ASX: MC2) has cut 216 metres grading nearly 1% copper at Pampa Medina in Chile’s Antofagasta Region while step-out drilling pushed the copper-silver system 300 metres beyond earlier holes. Hole SPRD-15 returned 216 metres grading 0.96% copper and 7.2 grams silver per tonne…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (626+ words) In 2019, then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Delcy Rodriguez, who is acting president, announced a five-year mining plan aimed at boosting mineral extraction as an alternative to oil production. A reserve is an estimate of the volume of a mineral that…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (496+ words) Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; OTCQX: IVPAF) is accelerating plans for its Makoko District in the Democratic Republic of Congo after expanding the giant discovery by 30% from its 2025 estimate to about 12 million tonnes of contained copper, with more growth expected from…...

5+ day, 28+ min ago   (398+ words) Ivanhoe Mines (TSE: IVN) is accelerating work on its giant Makoko copper discovery in Democratic Republic of Congo after increasing the resource by 30%, bolstering plans for what the company says is the world’s largest and highest-grade copper discovery of the…...