Chile miner Codelco's chairperson Jofre tapped to serve until 2017

Chile president Sebastian Pinera has tapped Gerardo Jofre to stay on as state miner Codelco's chairperson until May 2017, the world No 1 copper producer said in a statement on Thursday. Conservative Pinera has also named civil engineer Blas...

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Panoro projects progress as Peru seeks to double copper output

King copper’s crown recently slipped in Peru; formally the second-largest producer of the red metal, the country was pushed into third place by China during 2011, according to the International Copper Study Group’s 2012 fact book. Peru is...

Chile Pascua-Lama construction could resume at end of 2013 - report

Construction of Barrick Gold's suspended Pascua-Lama mine project could resume at the end of the year if the company shows authorities it can turn around the troubled operation, a Chilean mining ministry official was quoted as saying on Friday....

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South Africa and Botswana are collaborating to boost the export of coal from Southern Africa; South Africa’s new Coal Roadmap process under way places a massive “urgent” sign over securing future coal supplies for Eskom; and The Chamber of...

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Mining companies bound firmly by South Africa’s law

Sustainability law firm Warburton Gunn Attorneys partner Adam Gunn tells Mining Weekly that South Africa has strong environmental laws to regulate the mining industry. Currently, opencast mining is regulated in the same way as underground mining...

Chile's Collahuasi mine, union launch early contract talks

Unionised workers at world No 3 copper mine Collahuasi in northern Chile have launched an early negotiation process with mine management on a new contract, the company said on Thursday. Miners in top copper producer Chile have increasingly...

Amerigo profit up on lower costs, reviews molybdenum production

Canadian copper miner Amerigo Resources, which produces copper and molybdenum from tailings from the world's largest underground copper mine, Codelco's El Teniente mine, in Chile, on Thursday reported higher first-quarter profit, buoyed by lower...

Barrick, Antofagasta give up hope on Pakistan mine

Canada's Barrick Gold and Chile's Antofagasta have given up hope of mining Reko Diq, a disputed but promising copper and gold project in Pakistan's poorest region of Baluchistan, and will demand compensation instead. Reko Diq was meant to be the...

Equinox Copper secures fiscal stream with small-scale mining

With the junior mining sector still stuck in the economic doldrums, companies using alternative funding models, or using existing financing routes with bolt-on revenue streams, deserve close attention. One such company is junior miner Equinox...

Admiralty PFS delivers results in Chile

A prefeasibility study (PFS) by junior Admiralty Resources over its Mariposa iron project, in Chile, has delivered positive results. The company reported on Monday that the PFS study estimated that the project, which forms part of the Harper...