Glencore cuts copper guidance, to halt some Congo operations
The company sees full-year copper production reaching just under 1.4 million tonnes versus the 1.45 million previously anticipated.
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Vale turns to artificial intelligence for exploration at Coleman nickel mine
AI company GoldSpot will examine data gathered by Vale over decades of mining at Coleman and look for previously unrecognized data trends.
Teck to lay off workers, cut spending as US-China trade war weighs on profit
Canada’s largest diversified miner will continue to forge ahead with its key Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 project in Chile.
Firestone Diamonds revenue down as recovery rates, sales fall
Firestone will review 2020 guidance, following "unexpected" power cuts at its Liqhobong mine in Lesotho.
Newmont Goldcorp gradually resuming operations at Mexico mine
The world’s No. 1 gold miner has started a 10-day process of bringing Peñasquito back to full production.
Most Chilean mines disrupted as Codelco workers join in country-wide strike
The nation’s powerful copper-mining unions are encouraging members to down tools in solidarity with anti-inequality demonstrations.
Health and safety bigger risks to artisanal miners that conflict minerals — report
First-ever long-term artisanal and small-scale mine site monitoring data study reveals challenges in battery metals supply chains.
Rio Tinto kicks off $10m pilot hoping to become the largest lithium miner in US
The miner will be extracting lithium from the tailings of its California Boron mine.
Gold rush in Canada’s Nova Scotia unearths opportunities and criticism
Local and international companies are being lured by the area's untouched gold riches, but groups warn of potential impacts to watersheds and communities.
Workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine, world’s largest, to down tools
Unionized miners will hold a day-long strike on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with ongoing protests over the high cost of living and extreme inequality in the country.
Savannah nears full ownership of Barroso lithium lease
The Aldeia lease transfer would expand Barroso’s resource base as Savannah targets EU lithium supply and advances permitting.
