Egyptian tycoon eyes stake in Barrick’s Reko Diq project
Egypt's second wealthiest person Naguib Sawiris says the potential investment would allow him to expand his business in Pakistan.
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Rinehart closer to blocking Albemarle’s takeover of Liontown
Hancock Prospecting now owns 16.7% of Liontown, which makes it the company’s largest shareholder.
Strike at Newmont’s Peñaquito mine ends with 8% pay raise
Agreement ends a four-month-long strike at Mexico’s largest gold mine, which cost Newmont millions of dollars a day.
Buenaventura suspends Peru mine on permitting delays
Peru’s top publicly traded precious-metals producer has halted Colquijirca's Tajo Norte mine for up to three years due to permitting delays.
Lithium Americas soars on first day of trading as North American pure-play miner
The new Lithium Americas is focused on advancing the Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada to production.
Barrick to invest $2 billion in Zambia copper mine expansion
Barrick's plan is to increase Lumwana’s annual production to an estimated 240,000 tonnes of copper per annum process plant.
Vale taps BluestOne to repurpose nickel waste in Brazil
Vale will provide up to 50,000 tonnes per year of refinery slag from Onça Puma to BluestOne for the next 10 years.
Adventus, Salazar delay construction of Ecuador project
The companies now expect to start building their Curipamba-El Domo copper-gold project in the second quarter of 2024.
Panama moves to unlock copper from First Quantum mine
Commerce and Industries Minister may approve by Tuesday exports of already mined ore from Cobre Panama’s stockpiles.