June 21, 2020 Codelco to suspend northern construction projects The announcement came hours after the second coronavirus-related death of a Codelco worker was confirmed.
June 19, 2020 INTERVIEW: Octavio Araneda CEO, Codelco Copper giant aims to expand revenues by $1 billion per year, starting in 2021.
June 19, 2020 BHP expands nickel exposure as Norilsk exits Australia Top miner buys Honeymoon Well tenements in Western Australia from Russian nickel and palladium giant.
June 19, 2020 Rio Tinto launches review into sacred caves blast Chairman Simon Thompson apologized to traditional owners of the land and pledged to make public the review's findings.
June 19, 2020 Glencore’s venture with Merafe starts job cuts The venture runs seven chrome mines and five ferrochrome plants in South Africa, and employs a total of 11,448.
June 19, 2020 State miner to acquire 20% stake in Vale Indonesia Vale will receive $290 million for the sale, in which Sumitomo is also participating.
June 19, 2020 Barrick alerts authorities after fake news in Zambia News release circulated on social media in Zambia claiming the gold miner sold its Lumwana copper mine.
June 18, 2020 Tesla kills three birds with one Congolese stone Not only has Elon Musk secured supplies of cobalt, he is also putting the squeeze on competitors like GM and Volkswagen.
June 18, 2020 Worker dies in accident at Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic mine A truck operator was killed while performing maintenance work.
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
