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By Charles Pitts Published: August 7, 2026 NEW YORK/LONDON : Copper futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange (COMEX) shattered historical benchmarks on Friday, surging past…
TORONTO : Somerset Minerals has intersected significant high-grade copper-silver mineralization at its flagship Coppermine project in Nunavut, Canada, confirming a major new blind discovery beneath shallow…
Capstone Copper’s San Pietro acquisition adds copper, gold, iron and cobalt exploration ground to its Atacama portfolio. Capstone Copper has agreed to acquire the copper-focused assets…
Brownfield mine infrastructure in Newfoundland’s boreal coastal landscape. FireFly Metals has secured commitments for up to A$190 million to accelerate development, technical studies and drilling at…
An underground-style diamond drill rig works against a hard-rock face in a British Columbia copper exploration setting. By Salini Krishnan Published in Hard News Vizsla Copper…
Copper cathode sheets stored in an industrial warehouse. **NEW YORK : ** Copper settled at a record closing high of approximately US$6.71 per pound on Aug.…
Early-stage copper-gold mine construction in a tropical Cuban setting. Antilles Gold’s Cuban development strategy has been pushed into a regulatory test that could reshape ownership of…
By Salini Krishnan Target publish time: 4:00 PM ET Copper’s latest price records are testing the gap between commodity performance and mining-equity valuations. COMEX copper briefly…
By Mo Shine August 7, 2026 Copper Giant Resources has secured a landmark C$31 million equity financing package, anchored by a C$28.8 million strategic investment from…
Arizona copper project development landscape with underground mine infrastructure. Ivanhoe Electric has received a Preliminary Project Letter from the U.S. Export-Import Bank for up to US$1.1…
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