Copper

Diversified mining company Anglo American has produced less diamond, copper, coal, manganese alloy and niobium in the three months to March 31. Diamond production fell by 10%, copper production by 19%, export thermal coal by 13%, export metallurgical coal by 9%, Eskom coal by 8% and niobium by 13%. Refined …

Geologists have developed a new and inexpensive technique to find copper deposits in volcanic rocks. With so much of the earth’s copper already dug up and companies desperately needing cost-effective ways to locate more reliable resources, could this technology prove to be a saviour?   The mining industry has faced …

Construction at Weatherly’s Tschudi Project remain on schedule and on budget according to Elamrie Kurz of Weatherly Mining Namibia. Construction of the project commenced towards the end of 2013 and remained in full swing ahead of its anticipated third quarter 2015 target. According to Kurz, bulk earthworks for the process …