January 5, 2021

Codelco okays $1.4bn plan to expand Salvador mine

It will convert Salvador, in operation since 1959, from an underground copper mine to an open-pit.

January 4, 2021

Trump to approve land swap for Rio Tinto’s Resolution copper project

Native American tribes say it will destroy sites of cultural and religious value.

December 31, 2020

Billionaire Friedland’s SPAC readies funds for clean-power push

Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition Corp. is raising $200 million to invest in industries key to the global energy transition.

December 31, 2020

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

First gold poured at Canada’s newest gold mine; Turkish farmers eye $3 billion profit from gold find; Iron ore outperformed all commodities in 2020

December 31, 2020

What’s driving New Caledonian protests against Vale

Riots erupted in December with protesters challenging Vale's latest attempt to sell its local business.

December 30, 2020

IAMGOLD, AngloGold Ashanti close Mali mine sale

The $150 million Sadiola sale was first announced in December 2019, but delayed over a coup.

December 30, 2020

Over 3,000 diamonds recovered from Star-Orion South project in Saskatchewan

The gems, weighing over 210 carats, were recovered from the ninth bulk sample trench excavated on the Star kimberlite.

December 30, 2020

Samarco expects to reach pre-2015 production by 2029

Company estimates that only in 9 years it should reach a production scale between 22-24 million tonnes of iron ore per year, the same level as before the failure of…

December 29, 2020

Global zinc production to rebound – report

High prices by historical standards have encouraged investment into a pipeline of new projects and restarts, which will continue to come online in 2021, Fitch forecasts.

December 29, 2020

Las Bambas blockades affect Peru copper shipments

The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines expressed today its opposition to the blockades affecting the world’s ninth-largest copper mine.