Rio faces $1.9bn cost blowout, delays at Oyu Tolgoi
The first sustainable production is now expected between May 2022 and June 2023.
Cecilia Jamasmie , Senior Editor
Cecilia has covered mining for more than a decade. She is particularly interested in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Diamonds and Latin American. Cecilia has been interviewed by BBC News and CBC among others and has been a guest speaker at mining conventions, including MINExpo 2016 and the World’s Copper Conference 2018. She is also member of the expert panel on Social License to Operate (SLO) at the European project MIREU (Mining and Metallurgic Regions EU). She holds a Master of Journalism from the University of British Columbia, and is based in Nova Scotia.
Posts by Cecilia Jamasmie:
Avesoro leaves mining at its Burkina Faso gold mine in someone else’s hands
Contract awarded to Orkun Group Sarl, could ease project funding pressure on the junior.
Codelco chooses 33-year insider to replace Pizarro as CEO
Octavio Araneda will replace Nelson Pizarro at the helm of Codelco from Sept. 1.
Trump’s rejection of uranium import limits expected to boost demand
He has rejected a recommendation by the Commerce Department to require US power producers to source up to 25% of their uranium from domestic mines, creating instead a working group to review the country’s nuclear fuel supply chain.
Antofagasta, Barrick get almost $6 billion after legal win against Pakistan
World Bank tribunal rules in favour of Tethyan Copper, a joint venture between the Chilean copper miner and Canada’s gold giant after seven-year battle.
Tanzania goes after Acacia’s flagship mine
North Mara, the company's largest mine, has not been affected by an export ban because it produces gold doré bars rather than ore concentrate.
Cornish Lithium turns to crowdfunding to finance UK project
It wants to raise £1m to support further drilling for subterranean lithium-bearing brines in the ancient mining region of Cornwall, south-west England.
BHP may be the next big miner to wave goodbye to coal
It currently has two thermal coal units — NSW Energy Coal in Australia and Cerrejón in Colombia —, which are expected to generate just 4% of the company’s earnings this year.
World Gold Council expects metal demand, prices to stay strong
Price momentum and structural economic reforms in India and China will also be key demand drivers.
Berkeley Energia boss quits as uranium mine in Spain waits for final OK
Paul Atherley, who joined the company in 2015, will be replaced by a Spanish national.
Yamana touts pre-feasibility results for Agua Rica copper project
Proven and probable copper mineral reserves increased by 21% since the end of 2018 to 11.8 billion pounds, while gold mineral reserves gained 12% to reach 7.4 million ounces.