The energy transition to a low-carbon world is mining-intensive and vulnerable to resource nationalism. To achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the pivot toward curbing greenhouse gases will spur unprecedented demand for some of the most critical materials […]
Accompanied by tinny taped music and overall-clad workers, Rio Tinto Group executives and Mongolian officials gathered a kilometer beneath the freezing Gobi Desert earlier this year to open one of the world’s richest underground copper […]
As of May 2, 2023, copper has become a highly coveted commodity in the mining industry, causing larger companies to seek out smaller players, particularly those with copper discoveries on the horizon. This is due to copper […]
The High Court of Namibia has rendered its judgment and set aside the decision of the Minister not to renew Deep-South Resources (TSX-V: DSM) licence for the Haib copper project. The decision is a […]
New research shows that it is possible to mine zircon textures to identify valuable mineral deposits. In a paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Chetan Nathwani and his colleagues at Imperial […]
The copper price fell on Friday as demand in China remained weak. Copper for delivery in May on the Comex market in New York touched $3.96 per pound ($8,712 per tonne), down 2.2% compared […]
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA) has announced the results of a positive pre-feasibility study (PFS) for its 100% owned Vizcachitas project in Chile, highlighted by a $2.8 billion post-tax net present value using an 8% […]
A research team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has gained new insights into how copper works as an electrocatalyst, a mechanism that uses energy from electrons to chemically transform molecules into different products. The […]
Canada’s First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) said on Thursday it had halted ore processing operations at its giant Cobre Panama copper mine, in the latest escalation of a dispute with Panama’s government over tax and […]
Higher prices and more government support will be needed for recycling to ease the next copper shortfall, Australian bank Macquarie said. As demand increases due to advancing electrification, with primary production limited due to underinvestment, […]
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