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By Penny Langford Global copper mine output is tracking toward its first annual decline since 2017, just as prices have reached levels once considered unlikely outside…
Copper processing infrastructure at a Don Mario-style mining operation in Bolivia. By Salini Krishnan Orvana Minerals has produced its first copper cathodes from the Oxides Stockpile…
Botswana’s Kalahari Copper Belt is attracting further exploration capital as Sandfire expands its regional position. By Sonny Rollins Sandfire Resources has cleared the conditions required to…
Conceptual editorial image: autonomous-ready haulage and trolley-assist infrastructure at a future Canadian nickel operation. Canada Nickel has selected Komatsu and its largest Canadian dealer, SMS Equipment,…
Copper tailings recovery infrastructure at a hydrometallurgical processing facility. By Charles Pitts Konkola Copper Mines has signed a $498 million engineering, procurement and construction contract with…
Brazilian ferronickel processing infrastructure similar to the assets involved in MMG’s proposed acquisition of Anglo American’s nickel business. By Charles Pitts The European Commission has issued…
Copper concentrate stockpiled beside material-handling equipment at a smelting facility. By Mo Shine The copper concentrate market has reached a point that would have been difficult…
By Salini Krishnan Copper is approaching a rare supply inflection point just as mining valuations are being reassessed across copper, gold, lithium, nickel and critical minerals.…
Remote copper-gold exploration terrain in central Alaska. Vizsla Copper Corp. is acquiring 100% of Agnico Eagle’s Delta polymetallic project and Helm Bay gold project in Alaska…
Zambian copper processing infrastructure under bright African light. By Charles Pitts Jubilee Metals Group’s copper production in Zambia more than tripled in the year through June,…
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