March 13, 2023

SQM launches corporate acceleration program for entrepreneurs and startups

The objective of the program is to find and promote new technologies and innovations related to lithium. Selected entrepreneurs will receive $25,000.

March 13, 2023

Trafigura’s head of metals operations to leave in restructuring

Svetlana Kabanova, who ran operations for Trafigura’s metals trading unit, is leaving the company.

March 13, 2023

Sibanye halts underground production at Stillwater West mine for four weeks

Maintenance servicing the vertical shaft accessing the deeper levels of the Montana PGM mine resulted in structural damage.

March 13, 2023

Work set to resume at Simandou after Guinea, shareholders agree on terms

Guinea's transitional government ordered work to stop last July to try to force the shareholders to agree on joint venture terms.

March 13, 2023

Rio Tinto starts underground production at Oyu Tolgoi

It is expected to become the fourth-largest copper mine in the world by 2030.

March 13, 2023

Nornickel board rejects Rusal proposal to replace chairman

Rusal had proposed replacing current chairman Andrei Bugrov with independent director.

March 11, 2023

Highland Gold owner weighs buying Polymetal assets

Mining magnate Vladislav Sviblov is weighing a purchase of some of the Russian assets of Polymetal.

March 11, 2023

Panama gives First Quantum go-ahead to operate port terminal

Panama's Maritime Authority has lifted a suspension on First Quantum's operations at the port of Punta Rincon.

March 10, 2023

BHP inks $188m contracts with First Nations at Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan

The three and a half year contracts will support more than 400 local jobs with over 50% planned to be Indigenous.

March 10, 2023

Panama minister expects contract with First Quantum will get green light

The contract meets "the best interests for the country," Minister Federico Alfaro told Reuters.