September 29, 2022

Teck eyes spinoff or divestment of Fort Hills oil sands stake

Fort Hills is an open-pit truck and shovel mine, where raw oil sands bitumen is extracted and then upgraded.

September 28, 2022

Australia’s mining state aims to build battery manufacturing hub

Western Australia is the world’s biggest exporter of lithium.

September 28, 2022

Top miners team up in bid to wean themselves off dirty trucks

Producers like BHP and Glencore are pitching sites to pilot technologies including electrolysis plants, trolley-assist haulage and regenerative braking.

September 28, 2022

Teck Resources may raise value of Zafranal copper project in Peru to over $2 billion

The facility is expected to produce at least 1.5 million tonnes of copper over about 19 years.

September 28, 2022

Newmont’s finance chief to step down

Nancy Buese will be succeeded by Brian Tabolt on an interim basis.

September 28, 2022

Alrosa discovers 22 new diamond deposits in Zimbabwe

Alrosa will only be allowed to work on two of the diamond deposits, while the rest will be made available to other investors.

September 28, 2022

Konkola Copper Mines hires RMB to find new investor

Zambia's previous government put KCM in the hands of a liquidator in May 2019, triggering a legal dispute with Vedanta Resources.

September 27, 2022

Rio Tinto warns miners not moving fast enough on lithium extraction

Lithium consumption needed “to surge way above anything that’s planned to be mined,” says minerals chief Sinead Kaufman.

September 27, 2022

BHP sees Chile uncertainties easing in investment climate boost

BHP, which operates the world’s biggest copper mine in Chile, has dangled $10 billion to develop more resources in the country if those uncertainties are finally resolved.

September 27, 2022

Another mine dam wall collapses in South Africa

There were no immediate reports of any injuries or deaths from the latest dam wall collapse at the dormant diamond mine, which was once owned by De Beers.