February 19, 2019

Waterton steps up efforts to oust Hudbay Minerals CEO, board of directors

Toronto-based private-equity firm Waterton Global Resource Management is pushing for an overhaul of Hudbay Minerals’ board and the exit of the CEO, Alan Hair, over alleged "mismanagement."

February 19, 2019

BHP urges miners to create global body to oversee tailings dams

CEO Andrew Mackenzie said it was too early to say what impact the recent Vale tailings dam disaster will have on efforts to restart BHP and Vale's jointly owned Samarco…

February 18, 2019

Copper cops play game of cat and mouse around desert convoys

The new police unit has already had some success, arresting 11 people and seizing about 60 tons of mineral stolen from the copper mines.

February 18, 2019

Buybacks and bumper profits on the cards as mining giants report

Big mining has remained stubbornly focused on shareholder returns, rather than spending on acquisitions and big-ticket projects.

February 18, 2019

Grasberg hasn’t received new copper export permit

Indonesia forecast copper concentrate exports to drop to 200,000 tonnes in 2019 from about 1.2 million tonnes last year.

February 17, 2019

Recommissioned Aussie mine dispatches first nickel concentrate shipment to China

Panoramic Resources' first shipment from the Savannah mine contained 7,735 wmt of nickel/copper/cobalt concentrate valued in approximately $6.1 million.

February 16, 2019

IBM steps up efforts to help miners improve health and safety records

The company is working with several wearable technology providers so companies can monitor biometric and environmental data to identify whether employees are experiencing dangers or risk, beyond a equipment failure.

February 15, 2019

Mongolia posts 6.9% economic growth in 2018

Coal and copper generate almost 70% of Mongolia's total export revenues and most of its mining output is sold to neighboring China.

February 15, 2019

Centamin sees mineral resources more than doubling in Côte d’Ivoire

The miner has added 780,000 indicated ounces of gold to its Doropo project in Cote d’Ivoire, taking the its overall resource to over 2 million ounces.

February 15, 2019

Silver One starts drilling at Peñasco Quemado in Mexico

Historical measured and indicated resource at the property are of 2.57 million tonnes at a grade of 117 g/t Ag for a silver resource of 9.63 million ounces.