Tag: Copper

Norway announced on Wednesday the opening of vast areas in the Arctic for its first seabed mineral licensing round.

Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN) and Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) have scored a win in Ecuador after the country’s environment ministry granted the partners a water use permit for their Curipamba-El Domo copper-gold project.

Nevada Copper (TSX: NCU; US-OTC: NEVDF) “significantly scaled down operations” at its Pumpkin Hollow mine after it failed to secure funding and two board members from its leading investor resigned.

Cascadia Minerals’ (TSXV: CAM) shares soared on Monday after the junior miner announced a $3.2 million private placement led by Michael Gentile, who plans to raise his stake to 9.99% as one of the Yukon explorer’s largest shareholders.

BHP (ASX: BHP; LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP) and Australian junior Kingsrose Mining (ASX: KRM) inked on Wednesday two joint agreements to explore and develop nickel and copper assets in Norway and Finland.

China’s top copper producer Zijin Mining expects to produce 4% more copper in 2025 than previously planned to profit from the metal’s price ongoing rally, driven by anticipated supply shortages.

Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO; LSE: RIO) reportedly considered a bid for Anglo American (LSE: AAL) in recent months and the second largest miner has not dismissed the possibility of acquiring a portion or the entirety of the company, now a target of BHP (ASX: BHP).

A Sierra Metals (TSX: SMT, US-OTC: SMTSF) update has converted between one-fourth and more than one-half of the resources at its Yauricocha and Bolivar underground polymetallic mines to reserves.

Taranis Resources (TSX-V: TRO) can go ahead with planned exploration at its Thor polymetallic project near Trout Lake, B.C., almost two years after its permit application and five months after filing a lawsuit against the province.

The three Orion Resource Partners funds that recently sold a stake in Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC) are selling another 8.3% holding via a secondary offering in Australia for proceeds totalling A$592.8 million ($530.1 million).

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and The Copper Mark are collaborating on a pilot project seeking to enhance the assurance processes of both Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) and the Copper Mark standards.

Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has secured US$2.5 billion to finance a second concentrator at its Centinela copper mine in the country’s north, which will add 144,000 tonnes a year to the company’s overall production.