Codelco to kick off Chuquicamata underground by mid-year
Codelco's second largest copper operation by size is expected to fully transition to underground block cave mining this year.
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Rio Tinto investors partying like it’s 2014
Miner will pay a special dividend worth $4 billion, or $2.43 cent a share, as it recorded its highest annual underlying earnings in the last five years.
Rio Tinto may have found its next major copper mine in Western Australia
The world's second largest miner has confirmed an "exciting" copper find at its Winu project, in the Paterson Range in the East Pilbara.
Alrosa unearths 99 carat gem-quality diamond
The rock, a unique transparent one with a visible yellow shade and of gem-quality, is the second major find since the launch of the Verkhne-Munskoye diamond deposit.
Brazil’s deadly dam collapse pushes miners to set global rules for tailings
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), a London-based industry group representing 27 companies, is setting an independent panel of experts to develope a global standard for tailings facilities to be enforced to its members.
Barrick-Newmont merger would leave up to $7B of assets up for grabs
The portfolio would include their Kalgoorlie super pit 50/50 joint-venture in Western Australia, as well as other regional assets such as Porgera, Tanami and Boddington mines.
Fresnillo misses 2018 output targets, warns of challenging year ahead
The world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's No.2 gold miner warned of possible lower prices, higher inflation and worsening foreign exchange rates in 2019.
Former Xstrata boss Mick Davis to mine Guinea’s Zogota iron ore deposit
Project offers Davis an opportunity to relaunch his mining career that started in his native South Africa.
It’s happening — Barrick makes hostile $17.8 billion bid for Newmont
If successful, the move will create the world’s largest gold company with a value of around $42 billion at current market prices.
Europe’s push for EVs a boon to Savannah’s Portugal lithium project
The company is close to making a decision on developing Mina do Barroso mine, which could become the first European supplier of spodumene, a lithium-bearing mineral.
Brazil delays critical minerals areas auction
The regulator said funding shortfalls prevent it from covering the costs needed to move ahead with the tender process.
