May 12, 2022 Peru community wants its land back, threatening Chinese copper mine Las Bamas acknowledges that 20% of its obligations under a resettlement agreement are outstanding, including the purchase of new lands for the community.
May 12, 2022 Interview: Antofagasta CEO Iván Arriagada on the company’s digital transformation roadmap Expansion will be transformational, says Arriagada.
May 12, 2022 Mining Indaba: Russia-Ukraine war triggers policy shifts, supply chain disruptions Increased prices for fossil fuels have shifted the conversation, potentially benefitting oil and gas projects in Africa as importers scramble to diversify supply chains away from Russia.
May 12, 2022 Arc Minerals inks multi-million JV deal with Anglo American Anglo American will take 70% of the JV, which will explore for copper and cobalt in Zambia's base metals-rich northwestern province.
May 11, 2022 Miners turn to bacteria and other new ways to leach copper from waste rock Global miners are deploying a raft of new leaching technologies that can extract low concentrations of copper from waste rock and help avoid lengthy mine permitting delays.
May 11, 2022 Barrick ramps up mine stocks to weather supply chain storm Barrick Gold has nearly doubled its inventory of some key supplies at mines, CEO Mark Bristow says.
May 11, 2022 Vedanta agrees to suspend lawsuits over Zambia copper mines Konkola Copper Mines was placed under provisional liquidation after the previous Zambian government accused parent company Vedanta of lying about expansion plans and paying too little tax.
May 11, 2022 Copper price recovers as China covid cases ease Shanghai said half the city had achieved “zero-COVID” status, but uncompromising restrictions had to remain in place under a national policy.
May 11, 2022 Newmont expects to pull trigger on $2bn Peru gold project mid-year Newmont says the Yanacocha Sulfides project would extend the life of Latin America’s largest gold mine for "decades" beyond 2040.
May 11, 2022 Robert Friedland: ‘World economy can’t change unless we develop a lot more mines’ Ivanhoe chief Friedland highlights Africa and the Arabian Shield as critically important venues for responsible green mining.
Japanese copper smelters still in talks for 2026 charges with miners Fees paid by miners to turn concentrate into refined metal have come under pressure as global smelting capacity expands faster than mined supply. January 22, 2026 | 07:16 am
