January 15, 2021 South Africa’s mining industry to support covid-19 vaccine rollout With around 233 covid-19 deaths in the mining industry, unions have called on miners to help pay for vaccines.
January 15, 2021 China sacks officials after mine blast left 22 missing The fate of the workers at Hushan gold mine remains unclear.
January 15, 2021 Mandalay Resources reports record production in 2020 The Toronto-based miner met its full-year production guidance and registered the highest quarterly saleable gold production in three years.
January 15, 2021 Troubadour gets drill permit for Texas gold project The Texas property is located in British Columbia, Canada, and is close to the past-producing Beaverdell mine.
January 15, 2021 Stakes high for Rio Tinto, Mongolia as Oyu Tolgoi talks loom The next three to six months will be crucial to the future of the vast copper-gold mine, as the companies behind the operation negotiate with the government.
January 15, 2021 Judge denies Native American bid to block Rio Tinto’s copper project The US Forest Service published a final environmental impact statement for the project that critics say will destroy sites deemed sacred by Native Americans.
January 15, 2021 Lucara kicks off 2021 with 341-carat white diamond find The unbroken white diamond, recovered from the Karowe mine in Botswana, could fetch more than $10 million.
January 14, 2021 Defense Metals to investigate Wicheeda REE mineralization upgrade The miner wants to use XRT sorting to increase head-grade, flotation concentrate and hydrometallurgical feed streams.
January 14, 2021 RPMGlobal kicks off 2021 with the first major sale of Strategic Design Optimizer Company has completed the first sale of its new parametric design product, the Strategic Design Optimizer, following successful beta testing.
January 14, 2021 Rio Tinto to keep New Zealand aluminum smelter until 2024 Power deal with Meridian Energy delays the likely closure of the facility by at least three years.
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
