December 20, 2020

Landslide at Vale mine in Brazil kills person near location of 2019 dam disaster

Vale said it was cooperating with authorities in finding the cause of the landslide.

December 18, 2020

Wheaton Precious Metals’ silver linings playbook

Wheaton is something of a hybrid between a mining company and an investment bank.

December 18, 2020

Blowout profits seen boosting miners trading at multi-year highs

With rising commodity prices and a drop in production costs setting the stage for blowout profits, copper producers are poised for their best year in over a decade.

December 18, 2020

Solgold CEO handed shareholder rebuke at annual meeting

SolGold said in a release that 44.7% of investors voted against reappointing Nick Mather as director.

December 18, 2020

Endeavour Silver sells El Cubo mine to VanGold for $15m

Upon completion, Endeavour would become the largest shareholder in VanGold Mining.

December 18, 2020

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Rio Tinto taps finance head as new chief executive; SolGold CEO handed shareholder rebuke at annual meeting; Anglo American to divest from thermal coal operations by 2023

December 18, 2020

AngloGold Ashanti sees strong cash position, CEO search “in progress”

Company will set emissions targets in the second half of 2021.

December 18, 2020

Antofagasta agrees copper charges for 2021, Codelco to follow

Companies will supply copper concentrate at treatment and refining charges of $59.50 per tonne and 5.95 cents per lb in 2021, signing up at the benchmark rate miners have now…

December 18, 2020

Rio Tinto outlines Oyu Tolgoi’s path forward

Update specifies "mining by sections" plan that should make of Oyu Tolgoi the world’s No.4 copper operation by 2030.

December 17, 2020

Teck preparing for possible strike at Canada’s Westshore coal terminal

The terminal has throughput capacity of 33 million tonnes.