June 23, 2020

Deep sea mining could destroy undiscovered species, says Ocean Panel

Ocean floor mining a "sustainability conundrum", report says.

June 23, 2020

Rio Tinto starts exploration at Janice Lake

Crews have begun construction of the 50 person camp on the Saskatchewan property.

June 23, 2020

Ero Copper hits best drill intercept at Curaçá, stock rises

Shares of Ero Copper jumped 8.2% by midday Tuesday.

June 23, 2020

Future of copper production thrown into doubt by worker cuts

Tactics employed by mines in Chile to navigate the pandemic are similar to those used by high-cost producers to ride out low prices.

June 23, 2020

Congo officials vow to tackle child labour at mines

Pandemic could drive more families to put their children to work in mines, officials said.

June 22, 2020

Crystal Lake drills broad zones at Newmont Lake

The company sees potential for alkalic porphyry hypogene mineralization underneath Burgundy Ridge.

June 22, 2020

Hudbay appeals court decision on Rosemont

Rosemont, if completed, is expected to become one of the largest copper mines in the US.

June 22, 2020

Codelco beefs up sanitary measures at El Teniente

The company said it would move to a 14-day on, 14-day off shift schedule at El Teniente, its largest deposit.

June 22, 2020

SolGold resumes exploration in Ecuador

The Australian miner is exploring and assessing 75 regional concessions across 14 provinces in Ecuador.

June 22, 2020

Freeport Indonesia to shift to all-underground mining by 2022

Copper production to rise to 160,000 daily tonnes of ore for 2021 and 200,000 tonnes for 2022.