Base Metals • Aug 9, 2022
Copper price: on the road to recovery
Copper prices are expected to rise by the end of 2022 at an average of 9,570 USD per Ton, 9,580 USD per Ton by 2023, and…
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Base Metals • May 18, 2022
World’s Top 5 Nickel Mining Stocks
The mining industry has been one of the most highly researched industries due to its importance in our daily lives. It is one of the fastest-growing…
Base Metals • May 11, 2022
What’s slowing down the world’s copper production?
Global phenomenon and innovations are keeping the copper industry afloat amid the international crisis, particularly with the rising demand for electric vehicles, limited copper production, and…
Base Metals • Mar 28, 2022
Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula concentrator plant
The world's fastest-growing and highest-grade major copper mining complex Kamoa-Kakula announced that it is ready to start the hot commissioning of its Phase 2, 3.8-million-tonne-per annum…
Press Release • Dec 21, 2021
Lundin Mining to acquire world-class Josemaria
Lundin Mining announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Josemaria Resources to acquire all of its shares through a plan of arrangement…
Copper • Dec 20, 2021
Bacteria killed 100 times faster by new copper
Researchers from RMIT University and CSIRO, Australia's national research agency, have invented a copper surface that kills bacteria 100 times faster and more effectively than conventional…
Press Release • Dec 18, 2021
Lundin slumps after deal to buy copper-gold
Lundin Mining Corp. fell the most since March after it agreed to acquire Josemaria Resources Inc., a copper-gold project in Argentina, for C$625 million ($483 million).…
Copper • Dec 15, 2021
World Copper Announces Approval by Cardero
World Copper Ltd. (“World Copper” or the “Company“; TSXV: WCU, OTCQB: WCUFF) announces that Cardero Resource Corp. (“Cardero“) shareholders have approved all matters voted on at…
Gold • Dec 7, 2021
U.S. Gold Corp Eyes Nevada Copper Gold — $4M Study Spurs Feasibility
The Return of Wyoming Gold Mining Gold played a significant role in the state's early history, but modern Wyoming gold mining has largely remained dormant. Now,…
Base Metals • Nov 16, 2021
Altilium’s DNi Nickel Extraction Explained
The Altilium Group and PT Indo Mineral Research, a part of the Sebuku Group, one of Indonesia's largest mining conglomerates, have agreed to invest financial, technical,…
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