February 3, 2021

Freeport names Richard Adkerson chair

The board also appointed CFO Kathleen Quirk as president.

February 3, 2021

Vale and Brazil state approach $7bn deal over Brumadinho

According to the attorney general, the settlement is the biggest in Brazil's history, but does not include criminal actions.

February 3, 2021

Canadian miners show resilience amid pandemic

They thrived in the last quarter of 2020 as the global industry began bouncing back from the pandemic-induced shutdown, EY’s latest Canadian Mining Eye index shows.

February 3, 2021

UK defends approval of first deep coal mine in 30 years

Woodhouse Colliery would produce 3.1 million tonnes of metallurgical coal and 400,000 tonnes of carbon emissions a year.

February 3, 2021

Santacruz Silver reports record production at Mexican mines

The Canadian miner said consolidated annual production at its Zimapan mine and Rosario project in Mexico increased by 30% in 2020.

February 3, 2021

De Beers’ diamond sales beat pre-covid levels

The miner's rough-diamond sales jumped 44% in the first cycle of 2021 from to the same period last year.

February 2, 2021

Brazil’s 2020 mineral production topped 1 billion tonnes, up 2.5%

The country's mineral exports reached $37 billion, compared to $33 billion in the previous year, bolstered by strong Chinese demand for iron ore.

February 2, 2021

Mining hotspots for 2021 in Latin America, Africa – report

Markets in these two regions have greater exposure to copper, prices of which Fitch sees averaging at a seven-year high in 2021.

February 2, 2021

Brazil’s Bahia Mineracao starts production at iron ore mine

The subsidiary of Kazakhstan's Eurasian Resources Group started production at Pedra de Ferro in northeastern Brazil with expected 2021 output of 1 million tonnes.

February 2, 2021

Bacanora seeks $60m to pay for stage 1 of Sonora project

Sonora is regarded as one of the world’s larger known clay lithium deposits.