May 12, 2022 BHP targets Chile expansion under ‘right conditions,’ says CEO The mining sector in the Andean nation faces uncertainty as the country drafts a new constitution, which could lead to tighter environmental regulation for key minerals.
May 12, 2022 MDRU awarded $2m NSERC funding for mineral exploration research in British Columbia The project will train three postdoctoral research fellows and eleven postgraduate students to provide highly-qualified geoscientists for the Canadian minerals industry.
May 12, 2022 Peru community wants its land back, threatening Chinese copper mine Las Bamas acknowledges that 20% of its obligations under a resettlement agreement are outstanding, including the purchase of new lands for the community.
May 11, 2022 Australia’s #MeToo puts miners and ministers in crosshairs of history Over the past 18 months, thousands of women have exposed a culture of bullying and abuse in mining, the country's economic engine.
May 11, 2022 Miners turn to bacteria and other new ways to leach copper from waste rock Global miners are deploying a raft of new leaching technologies that can extract low concentrations of copper from waste rock and help avoid lengthy mine permitting delays.
May 11, 2022 Barrick ramps up mine stocks to weather supply chain storm Barrick Gold has nearly doubled its inventory of some key supplies at mines, CEO Mark Bristow says.
May 11, 2022 Hindalco plans $2.5 billion US aluminum recycling mill The facility, which will be built in in Alabama, will have a capacity of 600,000 tonnes of finished goods a year initially.
May 11, 2022 Vedanta agrees to suspend lawsuits over Zambia copper mines Konkola Copper Mines was placed under provisional liquidation after the previous Zambian government accused parent company Vedanta of lying about expansion plans and paying too little tax.
May 11, 2022 Newmont expects to pull trigger on $2bn Peru gold project mid-year Newmont says the Yanacocha Sulfides project would extend the life of Latin America’s largest gold mine for "decades" beyond 2040.
May 11, 2022 Diamond prices are spiking and even De Beers can’t fill the gap The market is struggling to source diamonds after the US sanctioned Russia's Alrosa, which accounts for about a third of global supply.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
