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…
May 22, 2019 Iron ore is surging, but not all producers are joining the party — opinion While iron ore prices have surged to a five-year high above $100 a tonne, not all producers of the steel-making ingredient are sharing in the bounty.
May 21, 2019 De Beers diamond sales slump again in another warning sign De Beers’ diamond sales plunged to the lowest since 2017 in the company’s latest offering, underlining a slump in the industry worldwide.
May 16, 2019 De Beers, Namibia to spend $468m on world’s first custom-built diamond searching ship The new vessel is expected to add about 500,000 carat a year of production capacity to Debmarine Namibia, a 50/50 joint venture between De Beers and the African nation's government.
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
