June 24, 2022 Lithium King crowned in dictatorship sees $3.5bn fortune at risk Chile's constitutional rewrite may create a national lithium company that would compete with SQM, in which Julio Ponce Lerou is a top shareholder.
June 23, 2022 Codelco reaches agreement with workers to end strike The Federation of Copper Workers started the strike early Wednesday morning.
June 23, 2022 Column: Green hydrogen may be energy’s future, but it’s complicated The problem is how long will it take for that future to become reality, writes Clyde Russell.
June 23, 2022 Polymetal expects silver to account for less than 5% of 2022 sales The company has not been directly targeted by Western sanctions imposed on Moscow after it sent thousands of troops into Ukraine on February 24.
June 23, 2022 ‘Appalling’ abuse: Australia to push miners to set up register of offenders Western Australia's inquiry says industry culture fails to protect women and recommends documenting victims' historical experiences.
June 22, 2022 Residents end blockade of Las Bambas mine road, agree to dialogue The blockade signaled a new conflict just two weeks after the mining firm resumed operations.
June 22, 2022 Universities, mining majors partner on research project to reduce risk of tailings dam failures TAILLIQ project is funded by the Australian Research Council, Anglo American, BHP, Freeport-McMoran, Newmont, Rio Tinto and Teck Resources.
June 22, 2022 Road to Las Bambas mine blocked again by residents The new conflict comes just two weeks after the mining firm resumed operations following another protest that forced Las Bambas to shut down for more than 50 days.
June 22, 2022 Inflation hits Canadian metals, mining stocks, erasing 2022 gains The S&P/TSX Composite Materials Index is now negative for the year after peaking in mid-April.
June 22, 2022 CEO of sanctions-hit Nordgold steps down Nordgold produces about one million troy ounces of gold a year from eight mines in Russia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Kazakhstan.
Op-Ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
