May 27, 2020

South Africa’s deep mines grapple with thousands returning to work

Social distancing, screening and testing will hamper the country’s deep-level mines.

May 27, 2020

Vale ordered to pay $1.5bn for dam burst damages

Judge says funds should be used to pay potential fines related to the deadly 2019 tailings dam collapse in Brumadinho.

May 26, 2020

Sierra Metals waiting on gov’t consent to restart Yauricocha mine

The extension of national lockdown in Peru could delay the mine restart until June 30.

May 26, 2020

USA Rare Earth finishes Phase 1 testing for Texas project

USA Rare Earth plans to establish a domestic rare earths supply chain.

May 26, 2020

Minerals Council of Australia proposes roadmap for post-covid-19 recovery

The industry group requested that the federal government adopts a series of reforms to boost the mining sector.

May 25, 2020

Gran Colombia axes merger with Gold X

Guyana Goldfields rejected Gran Colombia’s proposal and entered into an amended agreement with Silvercorp.

May 25, 2020

Northern Dynasty’s Pebble project passes key milestone

If permitted, Pebble would be North America’s largest mine, with an estimate resource of 6.5 billion tonnes in the measured and indicated category.

May 25, 2020

China steelmakers call for domestic iron ore output boost

Steel association recommended "strategic goal" of keeping domestic output at more than 20% of demand.

May 24, 2020

Workers at China Moly’s Congo mine end one-day strike over covid-19

The workers agreed on a compromise with management over compensation for working in isolation for two months due to the covid-19 pandemic.

May 22, 2020

Rising US-China tensions halt copper price rally

Massive infrastructure spending announced by Beijing does little to assuage fears of full-on trade war between world's largest economies.