Copper mining
Copper mining in the news
Mining resumes at Mt Lyell
Mining operations have resumed at Mt Lyell copper mine, Queenstown.
Mining company to clean polluted beach in Wash.
A Canadian mining company will begin cleaning up a beach on Lake Roosevelt later this month in a show of good faith over efforts to deal with pollution that flowed for a century from a British Columbia smelter into the U.S.
Philex Mining Studies Investing in $5.2 Billion Tampakan Copper Project
Philex Mining Corp. , controlled by Manuel Pangilinan , is studying an investment into the $5.2 billion Tampakan project in the Philippines two months after a Chinese proposal was pulled.
Philex Mining interested in Tampakan mine project
Philex Mining Corp., controlled by Manuel Pangilinan, is studying an investment into the $5-billion Tampakan project in the Philippines two months after a Chinese proposal was pulled. Philex is “constantly looking at all investment opportunities and projects that it may be able to enter into,” Philex President Jose Ernesto Villaluna said in a regulatory filing. “Tampakan is one such possibility ...
Gold-Mining Margins
Gold mining is a tough business. In the quest to meet growing global demand these miners are constantly barraged with challenge after challenge.
Copper Ore ‘Seller’s Market,’ Sumitomo Metal Says
Copper ore mined from Chile to Indonesia will be in short supply for at least five years, forcing Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Japan’s second-biggest smelter, to keep producing at a reduced rate, the company said.
Zambia Opposition: 2008 Mining Tax Regime Triggering Job Losses
Zambia Opposition: 2008 Mining Tax Regime Triggering Job Losses
Canadian mining CEOs' bonuses rebound
Canada's mining CEOs' bonus payments climb to 88% of base pay in 2010, compared with 61% in 2009 as commodity markets rebound.
Antofagasta cut to hold from buy at Citigroup
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Mining firm Antofagasta was downgraded on Friday to hold from buy at Citigroup, which said that the stock's strong recent performance "means we see better opportunities elsewhere in the sector." "We would now seek cheaper copper exposure through our top pick in U.K. mining, Xstrata ," the broker added. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks ...
Dev’t of Tampakan project could still start in 2012
Development of the planned $5.2-billion copper and gold mining project in Tampakan, South Cotabato will likely start as scheduled in 2012 as the government is nearing a "breakthrough" in efforts to lift the province’s mining ban, a Cabinet official said on Friday.
