COPPER

MineWare says it has recently completed its first high-altitude installation of its Argus monitoring system at one of Chile’s largest copper mines. While technology continues to digitise and automate many mining processes – with the company recently helping a major...

Rio Tinto has flagged creating a major new copper and gold mining province in Western Australia and is looking to have the first of what could become multiple mines in production by 2023. The company is accelerating development of the...

Rio Tinto’s Resolution Copper project in the US has achieved a major permitting milestone with the release of an independently prepared Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the project. The rigorous review, conducted by the US Forest Service over...

Rio Tinto’s Resolution Copper project in the US has achieved a major permitting milestone with the release of an independently prepared Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the project. The rigorous review, conducted by the US Forest Service over...

Peabody announced it is proceeding with the ventilation of the first segment of the North Goonyella Mine in consultation with the Queensland Mine Inspectorate as part of a comprehensive phased reventilation and re-entry plan and expected longwall production in...

Walker River Resources Corp. is pleased announce it has signed a letter of intent (“LOI”) with Smooth Rock Ventures Corp. (“Smooth Rock”), to enter into an Exploration Agreement with Option form a Joint Venture on the Garfield Flats Project,...

Chile’s state miner Codelco, the world’s No.1 copper producer, plans to boost production at its El Teniente mine to more than 500,000 tonnes per year by 2025, a first in the operation’s history. The production increase would position the mine,...