January 4, 2024 Buenaventura sees Antofagasta as ally in copper growth plans While the Lima-based company is known mainly for its precious metal mines, it also owns 20% of the giant Cerro Verde copper mine operated by Freeport-McMoRan.
January 4, 2024 Atico shares surge on long-term extension for La Plata mining concession in Ecuador This new period of validity for the mining concession is now until 2049.
January 4, 2024 Barrick, Antofagasta to spend $95m exploring for copper in Chile Through the newly formed Minera El Encierro, the companies will carry out exploration for five years in a property comprising 35 concessions.
January 4, 2024 Teck ditches coal, flags lower copper output in Chile Japan’s Nippon Steel and South Korea's Posco now own Teck's prior minority stake in Elk Valley Resources, the steelmaking coal business.
January 4, 2024 Workers at First Quantum’s shuttered Panama mine warn of threat to ‘invade’ site The miners' union expressed concern about the construction workers' plans to force their way into the mine on Jan. 9.
January 3, 2024 Chile’s copper production down 2.34% in November – Cochilco Production was down 16% at Codelco, while it jumped 6.3% at Escondida and rose 2.8% in Collahuasi.
January 3, 2024 Barrick sounds out First Quantum holders on possible bid Chief executive Mark Bristow approached some of First Quantum’s largest investors late last year, according to Bloomberg sources.
January 3, 2024 Ivanhoe ships first copper through Angola via railway Initial shipment of nearly 1,110 tonnes of Kamoa-Kakula's copper concentrate arrived at the Angolan port in eight days.
January 2, 2024 Condor Resources, Teck team up at Cobreorco copper-gold project in Peru Teck has a first option to earn a 55% interest over three years, and the two companies will form a joint venture thereafter.
January 2, 2024 AbraSilver farms out La Coipita project in Argentina to Teck Teck will have the option to acquire an 80% interest in La Coipita by funding cumulative exploration expenditures of $20 million over a five-year period.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am
