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.
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