October 28, 2019 Premier Gold’s El Niño mine achieves early commercial production New definition and step-out drilling results from Premier's ongoing 2019 campaign are showing better outcomes than projected.
October 28, 2019 AngloGold Ashanti’s falling Q3 production, rising costs disappoint The miner said its output in July-September fell 3% from a year earlier.
October 28, 2019 Savannah Resources in talks with carmakers, sees Portuguese lithium in 2021 Savannah already mines feldspar, quartz and pegmatites in Barroso, a mountainous region in the north of Portugal.
October 28, 2019 Argentina’s President-elect Fernandez a boon for miners, despite expected protectionism He has vowed to revisit the country’s controversial glacier protection law, and said his team is working on clear rules for the natural resources sector.
October 28, 2019 China’s MCC restarts Ramu nickel plant in Papua New Guinea MCC was last week given permission by the Papua New Guinea government to restart the plant, which was closed for not taking remedial actions after a spill in August.
October 28, 2019 Ecuador moving from explorers’ hotspot to copper exporter with first cargo Mirador mine, in the southeastern Zamora-Chinchipe province, has copper reserves estimated 3.2 million tonnes.
October 27, 2019 Revving up Greenland’s mineral production will take time Greenland recently issued numerous exploration and mining licences in a bid to diversify its economy.
October 27, 2019 Copper project in Zambian national park could potentially go ahead The Lusaka High Court dismissed an appeal to the project.
October 27, 2019 Mexican governors reject cuts to mining fund The Senate reallocated the resources in the fund from communities surrounding mining operations to the Public Education Secretariat.
October 25, 2019 BHP and Vale’s Samarco licensed to restart operations The news comes four years after the company's tailings dam burst at Germano in Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
Copper price tops $12,000 for first time on tariffs, supply woes Copper prices exceed $12,000 a tonne for the first time on record due to mine disruptions and tariffs, despite weak demand in China. December 23, 2025 | 05:39 am
