These charts show just why copper price fundamentals are so strong

Having trouble viewing this email?  View online Copper News Digest Wednesday 14 March 2018 Home     Gold     Coal     Copper     Diamond     Iron Ore     Nickel     PGMs     Silver These charts show just why copper price fundamentals are so strong The world's 10 largest copper mines accounted for 25% global output in 2017 – on average these deposits were discovered 95 YEARS ago. read » Barrick chairman Thornton boosts ownership with major share buy The boss of the world's top gold miner has bought 306,000 additional shares in the company. read » Anti-corruption body asks Rio for Oyu Tolgoi-related info Request relates to an investigation about possible abuse of power by authorized officials during negotiation of the 2009 Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement. read » Antofagasta more than doubles dividend on strong copper prices Chile-focused miner is raising its dividend by 177%. read » Newcrest shares hit after dam wall collapse The miner declared that its performance for fiscal 2018 will be affected by the breach of a tailings dam wall at its Cadia gold mine. read » Copper price: Hedge funds slash bullish bets to 16-month low The last time large-scale copper price futures speculators were this bearish, copper was trading 30% lower than today's price. read » US miners ask Supreme Court to end uranium mining ban near Grand Canyon The National Mining Association (NMA) and the American Exploration and Mining Association (AEMA) have filed petitions asking the court to reverse the 2012 ban. read » PDAC attendance best since 2013 Up six percent from a year ago. read » One of Australia's largest gold mines halts operations after dam collapse Newcrest Mining says experts on site have observed no environmental damage. read » Antofagasta's Los Pelambres copper mine workers vote to strike Unionized workers company's latest offer for a collective labour agreement. read » Teck restarts Elkview dryer, to lose 200,000 tonnes of coal production Company expects to lose about 200,000 tonnes in steelmaking coal output. read » Copper, iron ore prices drop as Chinese imports plunge But the customs data look worse than it is. read » Cobalt consumers main victims of Congo's new mining code — analysts A new mining code in the cobalt-rich Congo will lead to higher costs for consumers of the battery metal at a time automakers are expanding production of electric vehicles, experts say. read » Swedish Boliden innocent in Chile toxic waste dump case — court Swedish court has ruled that local miner Boliden won't have to pay over $12 million (100 million Swedish crowns) in compensation for health problems allegedly caused by toxic waste it dumped in northern Chile. read » British Columbia to reform Environmental Assessment Process in the fall Environmental assessments already underway will continue under the current process. read » Rio Tinto speeds up driverless fleet expansion in Australia Fifteen autonomous trucks will be introduced to West Angelas iron ore mine, in the Pilbara region. read » Barrick moves forward with plan to make every employee an owner The gold miner's employees will receive this year 90 shares each, taking the total held by staff to more than 1.5 million shares. read » Commander and Fjordland announce $1.2 million exploration program in Labrador Their 29,400-hectare property is located in central Labrador, 80 kilometres south of Vale's Voisey's Bay Nickel mine read » Manganese's novel chemical state could create more efficient batteries According to the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, this new state enables a high-performance, low-cost sodium-ion battery. read » Chile to attract $65 billion in mining investments by 2038 — minister According to minister Aurora Williams, miners with operations in the country currently spend $20 billion on support services a year and figure is set to increase. read » Canadian gold miner to enter the copper business in Chile Darien Resource Development has entered into an agreement with Artemis Mining to acquire a 100% interest in the Cristal project located in northern Chile. read » New effort to mine sea floor for minerals essential to new low-carbon economy launches in April This cruise will identify an ocean area suitable for employing the process DPG has developed for mining nodules containing high concentrations of minerals. read » China's Zijin Mining interested in Serbian copper mine RTB, Belgrade says Serbia has tried and failed three times since 2007 to sell the debt-laden mining complex. read » Taxes aren't the real problem with mining in Congo: Gadfly There's a strange thing about the fear going through the global mining industry after theCongo signed an order to lift royalties last week: Compared with most other countries, these levies are still relatively low. read » Chile's Codelco inks deal on Ecuador copper project The project could become the first mine Codelco operates abroad. read » Chile's Codelco receives approval for $1 bln desalination plant The go-ahead from the Antofagasta region's environmental regulator will allow the company to expand its Radomiro Tomic mine. read » B.C. mining and exploration grew last year for the first time since 2012: EY Exploration spending increased 20% across the Canadian province in 2017, reaching $246 million, compared with $205 million in 2016. read » Congo's Kabila to sign new mining code soon after meeting with miners The announcement followed a nearly six-hour meeting on Wednesday between Kabila and mining executives in Kinshasa about the new code, which will raise taxes and remove a stability clause. read » Kazakh miner ERG revives sale of Congo copper mine ERG revives efforts to sell its Frontier copper mine in the DRC despite a drop in valuation to about $400 million, two banking sources said. read » Why investors go to copper as an inflation hedge In an analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence, copper outperformed every major asset class aside from energy as an inflation hedge. read » Zinc turned upside down as prices tank and stockpiles surge The zinc market is making a U-turn. read » Trevali and Puma join forces in New Brunswick Trevali will provide aCDN$7.5 million in funding to Puma in order for them to finalize the 100% acquisition of the Murray Brook Deposit. read » China's staggering demand for commodities It's said that in China, a new skyscraper is built every five days. read » Codelco union leader fears privatization by new Chile president Chile's incoming government is working on a plan to break up Codelco into northern and southern divisions. read » Chile's Los Pelambres copper mine workers vote next week on new contract -union The president of the union for Los Pelambres, a unit of the local group Antofagasta, said the company's proposal would be finalized no later than Friday. read » Read more Copper news on MINING.com » Home     Gold     Coal     Copper     Diamond     Iron Ore     Nickel     PGMs     Silver About Us   | 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