April 12, 2022 Newmont becomes sole owner of Yanacocha gold mine in Peru The world’s no. 1 gold company is buying the 5% stake Sumitomo has in the Peruvian gold mine for $48 million.
April 12, 2022 Glencore to supply cobalt to GM in multi-year deal General Motors will use cobalt from Glencore's Murrin Murrin operation in Australia in the batteries that power its EVs.
April 11, 2022 Iron ore price slumps on covid-19 restrictions in China "Previous market expectation was that steel demand would be postponed but not absent," analysts with GF Futures wrote in a note.
April 11, 2022 Alexco to raise $10.3m to fund Keno Hill operations in Yukon Keno Hill boasts significant mineral resources at grades higher than most of the world’s primary silver producers.
April 11, 2022 Ivanhoe’s Congo copper mine hits record production Kamoa-Kakula produced 55,602 tonnes of copper in the first quarter of 2022, reaching a monthly all-time-high of 19,605 tonnes of copper in March.
April 11, 2022 Manganese plays key role in efficient reuse of industrial waste heat Japanese researchers discovered that the use of manganese oxide is advantageous for industrial heat storage.
April 10, 2022 Zinc-air batteries get solar energy makeover Korean researchers developed a technology to improve the electrochemical performance of zinc-air batteries by using solar energy.
April 8, 2022 Chile sues BHP, Albemarle, Antofagasta over water use Lawsuit singles out BHP’s Escondida copper mine, Antofagasta and Barrick’s 50-50 Zaldívar operation and Albemarle’s lithium assets.
April 8, 2022 Enhanced aluminum for aircraft now a possibility Studying aluminum alloys at the atomic level revealed previously unknown mechanical properties.
April 8, 2022 World’s top diamond miner Alrosa hit by US sanctions The measure against the Russian state-owned diamond miner seeks to cut off additional sources of revenue for Moscow.
Former BHP executive to be appointed Chile’s mining minister Santiago Montt, who has a doctorate in law from Yale University, will be named to President-Elect José Antonio Kast’s cabinet in a ceremony Tuesday evening. January 20, 2026 | 10:57 am
