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.
April 7, 2022 Kinross to post first resource for Great Bear in 2022, with PFS to follow The miner acquired the project in Red Lake, Ontario in December.
April 7, 2022 LME risks more squeezes as metal stockpiles hit lowest in decades “Copper is sleepwalking towards a stockout,” analysts say.
April 7, 2022 Colombia to tender gold, coal assets by end of June The bidding round for coal exploration contracts opens this month, while gold round is expected in the first half of 2022.
April 6, 2022 Vale to build $345 million ‘green’ pig iron plant in Brazil The plant will use technology that reduces the carbon footprint of traditional steelmaking production processes.
April 6, 2022 Kinross Gold explores sale of Ghana assets to Asante Gold The open-pit and underground Chirano gold mine in southwestern Ghana produced 154,668 gold-equivalent oz. in 2021.
April 6, 2022 Steppe Gold completes first pour and gold sale The ATO mine is designed as a two-phased project, containing 26.4mt of proven and probable reserves grading 1.86 g/t AuEq.
April 6, 2022 McEwen Mining chairman injects $15 million into company Reduced cash flow from operations in the first three months of the year left McEwen Mining in a "challenging” position.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
