October 5, 2020 Canadian “flawless” diamond sets online record of $15.7m at auction The buyer, an unnamed Japanese man, bought the stone for his second daughter and has already renamed it after her — The Maiko Star.
October 5, 2020 Union rejects Lundin offer at Candelaria mine, strike chances raised The company or workers can still request government mediation to try to reach an agreement.
October 5, 2020 Maduro government wins UK appeal over Venezuelan gold A British appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that the UK had unequivocally recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president.
October 5, 2020 Brazil’s VP Mourão says mining in indigenous lands is legal, but needs regulation Hamilton Mourão said that Brazil should map the resources of the Amazon rainforest by allowing exploration in order to draw private investment.
October 5, 2020 Eldorado Gold allowed to test drilling in northern Greece The company will conduct test drilling at its Mavres Petres deposit, part of its Stratoni silver-lead-zinc mine.
October 5, 2020 UK Gov’t temporarily halts coal mine approval West Cumbria Mining's Woodhouse Colliery would be the nation’s first new deep coal mine in 30 years.
October 4, 2020 Colombia’s environmental authority shelves Minesa’s licensing application for Soto Norte gold project Minesa is owned by the government of Abu Dhabi through its investment arm Mubadala Investment Company.
October 4, 2020 Lundin Mining union in Chile says talks making “slow progress” Both the company and the union are trying to avoid a strike at the deposit.
October 2, 2020 MMG’s Congo mine pauses production to switch from sulphide to oxide ore Production at the Kinsevere copper mine will be halted until the end of April 2021.
October 2, 2020 South African union threatens strike at coal and diamond mines NUM threatened to call a strike at mining companies De Beers, Exxaro and Petra Diamonds after failing to reach wage agreements.
BHP puts Anglo in ‘rearview mirror’ as CEO eyes Canada copper “I’m hopeful that in five years time, 10 years time, there’ll be further investments that we can make into Canadian resources,” Mike Henry said. December 19, 2025 | 12:32 pm
