March 24, 2021 Cordoba restarts PFS work at San Matías project Three drill rigs are operating under the protection of Colombian police and the military following an operation that apprehended several people extracting gold illegally at the site.
March 24, 2021 Mitsui & Co. boosts stake in Collahuasi copper mine Deal leaves the Japanese trading house with a 12% interest in the open-pit operation, the world's second largest copper mine.
March 23, 2021 Exploration boom in West Africa challenged by lack of services — report Higher metal prices and the need to meet a growing global demand for metals has triggered an exploration and expansion frenzy in the region.
March 23, 2021 Fundão dam disaster case judge’s impartiality under scrutiny Prosecutors alleged 'repeated abusive conduct' practiced by the court of the 12th Federal Court of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
March 23, 2021 Agnico Eagle sells projects in Finland and Sweden Company will sell its Oijärvi gold project in central Finland and the Solvik gold project, in southern Sweden for $10-million to Gold Line Resources.
March 23, 2021 Singapore probes nickel trading fraud, Envy Global director charged Ng Yu Zhi, a director of Envy Global Trading Pte Ltd and Envy Asset Management Pte Ltd, was charged with two counts of cheating and two of fraudulent trading.
March 23, 2021 Indonesia eases mining export rules, nickel excluded Indonesia will now grant miners export permit for unrefined mineral ores, even if construction of their refining facilities is delayed.
March 23, 2021 Rio Tinto steps up efforts to repair damaged Indigenous ties The miner will form an Indigenous advisory group to help it better understand issues affecting Indigenous Australians, identify gaps in current protocols and re-establish trust over time.
March 23, 2021 New technique for rehabilitation of mine rock waste piles may prevent acid drainage Spanish researchers propose excavating waste piles and sorting the materials found there based on their geochemical properties.
March 23, 2021 Barrick sees win-win strategy in Golden Sunlight mine closure project By reprocessing tailings, Barrick Gold will obtain concentrated sulfur for its Nevada Gold Mines and eliminate a source of potential groundwater contamination.
How a reclusive ex-Glencore trader became Indonesia’s nickel king Arif Kurniawan has gone from earning paychecks at Glencore to controlling approximately a third of his country’s domestic trade in nickel ore. December 28, 2025 | 03:25 pm
