Copper Mine Projects News



SOURCE: First Quantum | 09 May 2012

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) today announced that it has received a written confirmation of an offer from Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation Limited ("Zesco"), for the connection and supply of power to the proposed Sentinel copper project in Zambia at a mutually-agreeable electricity tariff level.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 08 May 2012

Newmont Mining Corp. plans to complete a review of recommendations for its stalled Minas Conga copper and gold project in Peru in the next few weeks, a company spokesman said Tuesday.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 23 April 2012

Australian mineral prospector Minotaur Exploration Ltd. said Monday that it has reached an agreement to sell five exploration tenements near BHP Billiton Ltd.'s Olympic Dam operation to the mining giant for A$10 million and BHP's interest in another exploration asset.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 22 April 2012

Minera Yanacocha, owner of Minas Conga copper gold project, said late Saturday that it will seek technical and economic "alternatives" in order to allow work to resume on the stalled $4.8 billion project.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 17 April 2012

Rio Tinto PLC plans to keep hold of the prized Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project in Mongolia but has no interest in the other assets owned by Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., the head of Rio's copper division told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 02 April 2012

Glencore International AG has started work on the $320 million shaft-deepening project at its Mopani copper mine in Zambia, Mopani Chief Executive Danny Callow said Monday.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 29 March 2012

U.K. listed commodities producer Glencore International PLC Thursday said its copper projects in Republic of Congo, or DRC, have secured the development of power supply sufficient to meet future needs.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 28 March 2012

Philex Mining Corp. is on track to produce the first ore from its Silangan copper-and-gold project in 2016, senior company executives said Tuesday.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 21 March 2012

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.'s US$6 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia is on track to commence commercial production in the first half of 2013, a senior executive said Wednesday.

SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires | 14 March 2012

Newmont Mining Corp. expects to restart construction of its stalled Minas Conga copper-gold project as quickly as possible after a third-party evaluation of its environmental impact study is completed, a company executive said.