copper mining

OPERATIONS

Nearly quarter of Capstone workers on strike today

The mine's operations will be scaled back gradually

02 January 2026

TECHNOLOGY

pH7's 'simple' fix for sulphide heaps

A closed-loop organo-electrochemical process to integrate with heap leach circuits

11 December 2025

UNDERGROUND

Sandvik wins large mining equipment order in DRC

Sandvik has been awarded a large mining equipment order from Chinese company JCHX Mining Management

24 November 2022

PROCESSING

Marimaca to use seawater for Chilean copper project

Marimaca Copper has reached an agreement with a Chilean power supplier to use recycled seawater

07 November 2022

UNDERGROUND

Nevada Copper to restart mine development

Nevada Copper has secured financing to restart its Pumpkin Hollow copper deposit in Nevada.

30 August 2022

UNDERGROUND

Codelco halts construction after 2 deaths in 10 days

Codelco said it would halt construction on its Rajo Inca copper project on July 18

21 July 2022

SURFACE

Study: Lithium mining not cause of water loss in Salar de Atacama

There has been a real lack of understanding about the hydrology of the salar

19 July 2022

UNDERGROUND

Development delays at Nevada Copper

Most of the stope ore production is now delayed until August

07 June 2022

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Elevating Human Performance

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PARTNER CONTENT

Futureproof surveillance technology for mining operations

Escalating demand requires mine operators to rethink their physical security strategy.

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