June 3, 2019 Australian company to extract magnesium from waste-water streams EcoMag says hydrated magnesium carbonate is a high-purity, high-value magnesium product that currently fetches circa $1,250/tonne.
June 2, 2019 Worker killed at Codelco’s El Teniente mine The causes that prompted a rock to fall down at the Pilar Norte mine are under investigation.
May 30, 2019 Chile’s Codelco Q1 copper production tumbles 18% y/y Chilean copper giant Codelco produced 342,000 tonnes of copper from its mines in the first quarter of 2019.
May 29, 2019 Namibia says China can buy Rio’s uranium stake if it respects laws Rio Tinto, which is seeking to divest less profitable assets, said last November that it was selling its 69% stake in the world's longest-running open pit uranium mine to China…
May 29, 2019 CanAlaska to start drilling at West McArthur uranium project The program is intended to locate high-grade uranium hosted in faults along the C10 horizon, the major regional fault structure.
May 28, 2019 Barrick Gold considers $1B expansion of Pueblo Viejo mine President and CEO Mark Bristow said the company expected to complete a feasibility study for the project, which could extend the life of the mine into the 2030s.
May 27, 2019 Codelco chief criticizes low productivity, regulatory hurdles in Chile Codelco Chief Executive Nelson Pizarro said in a presentation on Friday that regulatory hurdles were only adding to problems that have long plagued Chile's mines.
May 26, 2019 Workers at Codelco’s Chuquicamata mine to vote on strike action Unionized workers rejected on Saturday the miner’s final contract negotiation offer and announced that they will vote on a proposal to go on strike.
May 24, 2019 Chile’s Codelco submits final proposal in Chuquicamata union negotiations Workers from the unions involved had rejected last weekend a proposal by the company.
May 24, 2019 Chile’s Codelco dismisses rumoured 40% copper output drop at Chuquicamata The state-owned copper miner said that since mining at the open-pit mine ends in 2020, which is when the underground section begins commercial operations, it will able to keep productive…
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
