Copper Stock Articles

Gold & the Bond Market Supernova

Apr4, 2019 / Stewart Thomson

 There's a time for gold stocks to rally... and a time for consolidation and retracement. Please click here now. We have joy, we have fun, we have gold price seasonality in the sun?To view seasonality on the daily gold chart, please click here now. Double-click to enlarge.The COMEX price of gold is determined mainly by commercial bank traders and hedge funds reacting to physical market supply...Read More

Group of lenders to provide debt finance for entire US$1.3B

04 April 2019 / Staff reporter

Global Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corp"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftAlkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesWestern Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesCEO Ivan Arriagada said the full proj...Read More

Atalaya's 2018 profits almost double

04 April 2019 / Staff reporter

"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftHow to monitor and manage your Tailings Storage FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixQuality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumCEO Alberto Lavandeira said Atalaya had delivered the majority of its key performance indicators ahead of or in line with expectations, whic...Read More

Sprott to use block caving to boost Tres Valles

04 April 2019 / Staff reporter

Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxThe key to this transformation is deploying the incline block-cave mining method in the relatively modest-sized Papamono mine.Read More

Front-row view of Chile's lithium scene

04 April 2019 / Staff reporter

Global Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corp"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftAlkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesWestern Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesMining Journal: You've worked for the...Read More

Yield curve impacts metal prices

04 April 2019 / Staff reporter

Global Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corp"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftAlkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesWestern Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesThe foot of central banks remains fir...Read More

Plans for logging, mining near British Columbia parks spark concern

Apr. 3, 2019, 1:13 PM / Business In Vancouver - Nelson Bennett

Cross-border concerns about mineral exploration and logging in British Columbia, Canada's Skagit River watershed may put a long-simmering campaign to close a hole in the middle of two provincial parks back on the front burner.Imperial Metals (TSX:III) has applied to the provincial government for an exploration permit that, if granted, could see the company building an access road and drilling test...Read More

Congo's public revenues from mining sector nearly double in 2018

Apr. 3, 2019, 11:21 AM / Reuters

Democratic Republic of Congo's mining sector paid $1.57 billion in revenues to the government last year, up 91 percent on 2017, finance ministry data showed on Wednesday.Public revenues from the oil and gas sector fell by 19 percent in 2018 to $165.6 million, according to the data.Mining production in Congo, Africa's top copper producer and the world's leading miner of cobalt, a key component in e...Read More

MMG joins Glencore, ERG reviewing Congo plans after tax hike

Apr. 3, 2019, 9:46 AM / Bloomberg News

Yet another foreign miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo is reviewing its future production plans after the government increased taxes and removed investor safeguards despite industry protests.MMG Ltd., the Chinese-owned copper producer, is considering whether to invest in more expensive methods of mining the metal when existing oxide resources are depleted. It's grappling with the same quand...Read More

Gold Fundamentals Continue to Improve

Apr3, 2019 / Jordan Roy-Byrne

Stop me if you've heard this before. Precious Metals disappointed again.The miners were leading the metals but the metals broke down from bear flag patterns and that took the miners lower, suggesting an interim top is in place.The technicals suggest weakness could be ahead for the sector but the fundamentals are finally turning bullish.Before we get to fundamentals, let's look at the technicals. T...Read More

All in the mind

03 April 2019 / Staff reporter

Global Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corp"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftAlkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesWestern Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesCrisis averted.Read More

Uganda seeks again to redevelop defunct Kilembe copper mine

Apr. 2, 2019, 10:55 AM / Reuters

The Ugandan government is making another attempt to reopen a defunct copper mine estimated to contain 4 million tonnes of ore, it said on Tuesday, and several international firms have expressed interest in the project.Once a major producer of copper and cobalt, Kilembe was abandoned by Canadian firm Falconbridge in the 1970s when Uganda's economy stagnated under the erratic leadership of dictator...Read More

First Quantum plans $327m expansion of giant copper mine in Panama

Apr. 2, 2019, 5:14 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) is planning a $327 million expansion of its already massive mining and processing complex in Panama, the largest copper mine coming to market over the next couple of years and the biggest single private sector investment in the nation's history.According to an updated technical report for Cobre Panama, located about 120 km west of Panama City and...Read More

First Cobalt: Oversold, Poised for Rebound This Year?

Apr2, 2019 / Peter Epstein

The market for natural resources remains subdued, but there are pockets of strength. In the Uranium sector, Energy Fuels, IsoEnergy & Appia Energy are up an average of ~150% from their respective 52-week lows. In Copper, Trilogy Metals & Pacific Booker are up an average of ~250%. Good things are happening, but not in Cobalt, at least not yet.Could This Pure-Play, North American Cobalt Juni...Read More

Teck, Sumitomo close Quebrada Blanca transaction

Apr. 1, 2019, 3:33 PM / Canadian Mining Journal Staff

Vancouver's Teck Resources and Japanese partner Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corp. have closed their $1.2-billion transaction giving Sumitomo a 30% indirect interest in the Quebrada Blanca copper project.The Quebrada Blanca property is 240 km southeast of Iquique at an elevation of 4,400 metres.Teck received the final permit to go forward with a $4.7-billion expansion at the mine and mill in...Read More

ArcWest finalizes acquisition of Sparrowhawk property in BC

Apr. 1, 2019, 7:07 AM / MINING.com Staff

ArcWest Exploration (TSXV: AWX) closed today the 100% acquisition of the Sparrowhawk property near Smithers, in the western Canadian province of British Columbia.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner explained that it decided to go ahead with the purchase because the property is adjacent to two significant porphyry copper-gold deposits, including Glencore Canada's Bell and Granisle mines a...Read More

Silver Miners' Q4 2018 Fundamentals

Apr1, 2019 / Adam Hamilton

The major silver miners have rallied higher on balance in recent months, enjoying a young upleg. That's a welcome change after they suffered a miserable 2018. Times are tough for silver miners, since silver's prices have languished near extreme lows relative to gold. That has forced many traditional silver miners to increasingly diversify into gold. The major silver miners' recently-released Q4'18...Read More

Lens Direct | Our data, your way

01 April 2019 / Staff reporter

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End of oil looking good for miners

01 April 2019 / Staff reporter

"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftHow to monitor and manage your Tailings Storage FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixIt's not easy being an optimist while China and the U.S. wage a trade war, the bond market flags a recession, and the U.K.Read More

Lens Direct | Our data, your way

01 April 2019 / Staff reporter

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