February 20, 2020 Newmont, Teck to invest $152m in Chilean copper-gold project Their NuevaUnión 50-50 JV will conduct two drilling campaigns to reduce geological uncertainty at La Fortuna deposit.
February 20, 2020 Capstone could become world’s fourth-largest cobalt producer Its Santo Domingo project could yield 4,700 tonnes of cobalt per year, making Capstone also the largest producer of the metal in the Americas.
February 19, 2020 Mexican government to resume search for miners killed in 2006 blast Labor Secretary Luisa Maria Alcalde said specialists have identified a new route to enter the Pasta de Conchos mine.
February 19, 2020 Lucapa reveals positive results from Lulo diamond project The first stream bulk samples excavated had resulted in the recovery of 45 diamonds weighing 30.3 ct.
February 19, 2020 Eramet freezes lithium mine project in Argentina A deterioration in the global economic outlook has also led the company to scale back a planned expansion of its manganese mining operation in Gabon.
February 19, 2020 Namibia expects economy to grow in 2020 driven by the mining sector Diamond mining is the largest taxpayer in Namibia and generates 20% of the country's export earnings.
February 19, 2020 South Africa could use mining royalties to set up sovereign fund Many analysts are sceptical about the government idea, given that South Africa's mining industry is in decline.
February 19, 2020 Orocobre to buy JV partner Advantage Lithium Orocobre is currently the largest shareholder in Advantage Lithium.
February 19, 2020 Freeport Indonesia aims for August kick-off of construction on new copper smelter Front-end engineering and design for the $3 billion smelter has been concluded.
February 19, 2020 Rising metals prices spur Sibanye to second-half rebound Strike action had disrupted operations in the first half of 2019.
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