Copper mining news

Rio Tinto’s Kennecott site, Utah, USA is the first producer to be awarded the Copper Mark, the copper industry’s new independently assessed responsible production programme.

Trilogy Metals Inc. has announced positive results of its feasibility study for the Arctic copper-zinc-lead-silver-gold project in the Ambler mining district of Northwestern Alaska, USA.

Greatland Gold plc has provided an update on its exploration activities in the Paterson region, Western Australia (excluding the Havieron Farm-in area).

The Minister of Mining, accompanied by the Executive President of Codelco, visited inside the underground mine one of the testing centres that the division has to prevent infections.

Atlus Strategies Plc has provided an update on the company’s 100% owned Agdz silver and copper project, Morocco.

CIMIC’s global mining services provider, Thiess, has been awarded a mining services contract with Mantos Copper S.A. at their Mantos Blancos mine, Chile.

Territory Labour’s recently announced AUS$26 million plan for resources, mining and petroleum acknowledges the strong contribution of mining to jobs and investment in the Northern Territories, Australia.

Castillo Copper Ltd has announced that a pre-site visit to the Mt Oxide Project has identified a prominent shear zone, surface outcrop and visible copper mineralisation.

Codelco is preparing to resume its suspended projects and operations.

Dr Bandar Hajjar, Islamic Development Bank, writes on the future of the mining and construction industry across a number of the bank’s member countries, such as Guinea and Morocco.