July 26, 2023 Rio Tinto to miss 2025 emissions cuts targets The world’s second largest miner won’t be able to achieve a targeted 15% carbon emissions reduction by 2025, unless it uses carbon offsets.
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.
Sandvik to build $37M mining service hub in Canada Facility consolidates cutting, parts and aftermarket services to support potash, uranium and hard-rock mining by late 2026. December 22, 2025 | 08:11 am
