3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (292+ words) Copper output at Chilean state miner Codelco, one of the world’s largest copper producers, fell 5% from a year earlier in July to 112,800 metric tons, data from state copper commission Cochilco showed on Thursday. The latest Codelco copper production data extends…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (763+ words) Chile, the world’s largest copper producer, is mining nearly a quarter of global concentrate while smelting just 4.2% of the world’s copper, exposing a widening gap in a supply chain increasingly dominated by China. The imbalance means Chile exports much of…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (814+ words) Chile’s copper mines are using substantially more electricity for each tonne of metal they produce as declining ore grades increase the physical demands of mining, a trend that could intensify pressure on the country’s power system as the industry electrifies....

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (398+ words) Ivanhoe Mines (TSE: IVN) is accelerating work on its giant Makoko copper discovery in Democratic Republic of Congo after increasing the resource by 30%, bolstering plans for what the company says is the world’s largest and highest-grade copper discovery of the…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (267+ words) Chile’s copper shipments sank to the lowest in more than a year in August despite surging prices, as the world’s biggest producer grappled with severe winter storms and mine setbacks. Copper exports were valued at $4.62 billion last month, down 14% from…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (332+ words) Chile should improve the performance of its existing copper smelters before building new ones, state copper commission Cochilco said on Monday, as global competition for copper concentrate intensifies. Chile has Latin America’s largest smelting capacity, but its plants are operating…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (525+ words) U.S. buyers are increasingly turning to copper from the Democratic Republic of Congo, helping drive record imports from the African producer as industrial consumers capitalise on discounts to COMEX-approved brands. Copper cathode deliveries from the world’s second-biggest copper-producing nation hit a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (815+ words) Copper has been on a record-breaking tear in the past year, driven largely by tariff-related trade flows. Bullish investors are betting that flatlining mine supply will drive prices even higher. That would be a striking outcome — copper trading near record…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (877+ words) Northcliff Resources’ (TSX: NCF; US-OTC: NCFFF) new feasibility study for the Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in New Brunswick puts its post-tax value at more than four times the cost to build it, compared with less than one times initial capital in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (182+ words) ACG Metals (LON: ACG) produced its first copper concentrate from its Gediktepe mine in Turkey, marking its transition from precious metals and zinc as it targets full production by the end of 2026. The mine was once a single-stream gold, silver…...