January 5, 2022 Trigon produces first concentrate at Kombat mine in Namibia Trigon's Kombat commercial production is expected by March.
January 5, 2022 Negotiations over Cobre Panama mine contract near end The country aims to obtain more in royalty payments from the Canadian miner and improve environmental conditions at the giant copper mine.
January 5, 2022 Peru is winning over miners with soft hand on conflicts, PM says The new strategy of respecting the right to protest while brokering lasting agreements may take longer, but it’s starting to bear fruit, Prime Minister Mirtha Vasquez said in an interview…
January 5, 2022 Magna wraps 2021 drilling at Shakespeare with long, strong nickel and copper Magna notes that the Shakespeare project is permitted, and that the feasibility study will be released in the first quarter this year.
January 5, 2022 Glencore’s former top copper trader joins digital metal startup Ex-head of copper marketing, Nico Paraskevas, joined Open Mineral as a senior adviser after investing in the digital metals trading startup.
January 5, 2022 BHP’s Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile hit by further water measures The company is modifying operations while it awaits the results of its appeal to an order to stop drawing water from the Lagunillas aquifer for 90 days.
January 4, 2022 Chile’s November copper output falls amid drops from Codelco and Escondida Extraction at BHP's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, fell by 11.6% year-on-year to 80,300 tonnes in November. In 2021 through November, the mine recorded a 14.5% drop.
January 4, 2022 Ecuador court revokes Cornerstone Capital’s exploration permit The country's Constitutional Court upheld a lower court ruling cancelling the environmental permit for the Rio Magdalena project, which covers most of the Los Cedros natural reserve.
January 4, 2022 Copper price down, pressured by stronger dollar “China has been a primary source of demand for base metals since 2003, but we think this trend has started to come to an end,” economist says.
December 31, 2021 Top 20 mining stories of 2021 Another record-setting year for the metals and mining industry and for MINING.COM.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
