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Diamond drilling at a copper-gold exploration site in British Columbia. Kodiak Copper Corp. reported its strongest-ever drill intersection at the Ketchan zone of the MPD copper-gold…
Dense rainforest surrounds the legacy Panguna copper mine site on Bougainville. Armed men attacked and set fire to a project camp at the Panguna copper mine…
Copper prices have retreated from a record near $14,854 per tonne reached on Sept. 9 as traders reassess the chances of U.S. tariffs on refined copper…
The remote Great Sandy Desert landscape surrounding the proposed Winu copper-gold project. Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) has secured Aboriginal consent for its Winu copper-gold…
Copper’s 2026 outlook is being reshaped by a breakdown in the traditional pricing relationship between miners and smelters. Spot treatment charges have fallen below $20 per…
An integrated mining and processing complex illustrates the infrastructure scale behind the sector’s latest consolidation cycle. The value of selected mid-tier mining transactions announced or completed…
Copper mining and processing infrastructure remain central to the market’s supply response as tariff policy stays unresolved. The White House has not decided whether to impose…
Power infrastructure linking an AI data center campus with the wider electricity grid. Copper’s 2026 outlook is being shaped by two forces moving at different speeds.…
Copper processing infrastructure at a large-scale industrial complex. Copper is trading near $14,800 per metric ton, close to its recent record, as traders balance three competing…
Capstone Copper’s Mantoverde operation forms part of the Atacama district being expanded through the San Pietro acquisition. Capstone Copper has completed its acquisition of the copper…
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