Freeport Weighs $4.5B Bagdad Expansion as Leach Output Rises
Copper heap-leach pads, solution ponds and processing infrastructure in the Arizona desert. By Charles Pitts Freeport-McMoRan is weighing a roughly $4.5 billion expansion of its Bagdad…
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Copper heap-leach pads, solution ponds and processing infrastructure in the Arizona desert. By Charles Pitts Freeport-McMoRan is weighing a roughly $4.5 billion expansion of its Bagdad…
The Gaspé Copper project includes historic mine workings and areas targeted for resource expansion. Copper drilling by Osisko Metals (TSX: OM; OTCQX: OMZNF) has extended the…
Editorial view of a Turkish copper-gold mine and processing corridor. By Charles Pitts ACG Metals is paying up to US$7.85 million for a Turkish mining licence…
Copper mine and processing infrastructure in a large-scale U.S. operation. By Penny Langford The White House has not decided whether to impose tariffs on refined copper,…
By Sonny Rollins Copper’s rally has reached a policy-driven inflection point. The metal climbed to a record near $14,854 per tonne on Sept. 9, according to…
Diamond drilling at a copper-gold exploration site in British Columbia. By Mo Shine Kodiak Copper Corp. reported its strongest-ever drill intersection at the Ketchan zone of…
Power infrastructure linking an AI data center campus with the wider electricity grid. Copper’s 2026 outlook is being shaped by two forces moving at different speeds.…
Copper processing infrastructure at a large-scale industrial complex. By Penny Langford Copper is trading near $14,800 per metric ton, close to its recent record, as traders…
Capstone Copper’s Mantoverde operation forms part of the Atacama district being expanded through the San Pietro acquisition. Capstone Copper has completed its acquisition of the copper…
By Charles Pitts Austral Resources Australia Ltd has formally escalated the corporate contest for Hammer Metals Ltd, submitting a binding scheme of arrangement proposal valued at…
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