December 30, 2020

Samarco expects to reach pre-2015 production by 2029

Company estimates that only in 9 years it should reach a production scale between 22-24 million tonnes of iron ore per year, the same level as before the failure of…

December 30, 2020

Adventus shares up on drilling results at El Domo

Company and Salazar Resources announced new results from the copper-gold deposit in central Ecuador.

December 30, 2020

Minnova closer to restarting PL mine in Manitoba

The miner said it made significant advances at the Manitoba project in 2020.

December 30, 2020

Exploring for pegmatite-bound commodities without drilling, blasting

Project Greenpeg wants to stimulate investors to explore Europe for clean energy metals and minerals.

December 29, 2020

Las Bambas blockades affect Peru copper shipments

The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines expressed today its opposition to the blockades affecting the world’s ninth-largest copper mine.

December 29, 2020

Nevada Copper marks construction milestone at Pumpkin Hollow

The materials handling system would result in a significant increase in hoisting rates.

December 29, 2020

Newcrest goes ahead with Gorbea project in Chile

Company has exercised its option to enter the farm-in phase of its joint venture to develop the gold project by making a $500,000 payment to Mirasol.

December 29, 2020

Ares to provide fluorspar for breakthrough technology

The miner will start producing fluorspar lumps from material that was previously unsuitable for manufacture.

December 29, 2020

Zimbabwe bans use of mercury in mining

The ban will affect small-scale gold miners who produce more than half of the country's bullion output.

December 29, 2020

Cobalt may substitute platinum in fuel cells

A team in the US designed a highly active catalyst for fuel cells that contains cobalt interspersed with nitrogen and carbon instead of platinum.