July 26, 2023 Colombia names leftist engineer as new mining minister Andrés Camacho, 42, will be in charge of Colombia’s transition away from its two main sources of revenue: oil and coal.
July 25, 2023 De Beers $2.3bn Venetia mine expansion yields first diamonds De Beers stopped its 30-year open pit mining operations at Venetia last year to transition to the underground section of the mine.
July 24, 2023 Los Andes Copper signs $20 million royalty deal with Ecora Resources Prefeasibility study released in February 2023 demonstrated a 26-year open pit operation at 136,000 t/d.
July 24, 2023 Bluejay Mining goes solo at Finland project as JV with Rio Tinto ends Along with the 100% project ownership of the Enonkoski nickel-copper-cobalt project, it will retain all drilling results.
July 24, 2023 South32 takes $1.3 billion charge on Arizona project South32 blamed supply costs for pushing up the price of developing the Taylor deposit, the largest asset within the Hermosa project.
July 23, 2023 New draft decree proposes limiting issuance of mining titles in Colombia’s vulnerable ecosystems Colombia’s government made public a draft decree aimed at setting new criteria for establishing temporary natural reserves within the context of mining and environmental regulations.
July 21, 2023 Excellon Resources acquisition of La Negra falls through Excellon's two board members have resigned after the mine seller unexpectedly sent it a notice terminating the transaction.
July 20, 2023 Austral Gold begins commissioning of Chilean heap reprocessing project Production is expected later this month, lasting until 2033.
July 20, 2023 Antofagasta’s Arriagada, Collahuasi boss frontrunners for Codelco’s top job Other names circulating include internal candidates Nicolás Rivera and Mauricio Barraza, from the north and centre-south divisions.
July 19, 2023 Rio Tinto flags cost hike at Argentina lithium project Rio Tinto’s $140 million estimate and schedule for the starter plant at Rincon lithium project are under review due to cost escalation.
Argentina’s cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining The San Jorge copper-gold project, controlled by Zug-based Zonda Metals, would be a first for Mendoza. December 18, 2025 | 10:49 am
