October 5, 2023 Lucapa Diamonds names Selby CEO and MD Nick Selby, who joined Lucapa in 2014, took the helm in August this year after former boss Stephen Wetherall stepped down.
October 5, 2023 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.
October 4, 2023 Stakeholder collaboration key to successful transition toward non-mining economies The best way to deal with mine closures is by combining early planning, local-based solutions, and targeted investments, new research has found.
October 4, 2023 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.
October 3, 2023 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.
October 3, 2023 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.
September 29, 2023 With bulked up resource base, Wicheeda REE project ready to advance to prefeasiblity The Vancouver-based miner aims to produce an average of 25,000 tonnes of rare earth oxides per year, approximately 10% of the world’s current production.
September 29, 2023 Victoria Gold pleads guilty to violating water licence in Yukon The case stemmed from an incident that occurred in July 2021, when 17,000 litres of a cyanide solution spilled from a pipeline at the Eagle mine site.
September 29, 2023 Processing unit of Canada’s only rare earths miner goes bankrupt MNP will sell the assets and distribute proceeds to creditors
September 29, 2023 Embattled Scotgold puts staff on unpaid leave The owner of Scotland’s only gold mine is in talks with an administration specialist should it fail to secure funds to continue operating.
Vale, Caterpillar and Sotreq sign deal to expand fleet of autonomous trucks in Pará, Brazil New agreement expands fleet to approximately 90 autonomous trucks in the region by 2028. December 16, 2025 | 01:52 pm