September 5, 2018

World’s biggest miner speeds hunt for copper assets, buys stake in SolGold

BHP will gain access to SolGold's Cascabel project, in northern Ecuador, believed to have the potential to become one of the largest copper-gold assets ever discovered.

September 5, 2018

China’s Zijin to buy Nevsun for $1.41bn after Lundin takeover rejected

The Chinese gold and base metals producer will give Nevsun Cdn$6 per share in cash, trumping Lundin’s C$4.75 a share bid launched in July.

September 4, 2018

Copper price takes another beating

Chinese manufacturing gauge drops to 14-month low.

September 4, 2018

Construction starts at biggest undeveloped copper deposit in Russia

With total reserves of around 26.7 million tonnes of copper, Udokan is the largest undeveloped copper deposit in Russia and one of the biggest in the world.

September 3, 2018

Mining dust could be affecting Chilean glaciers: activists

Environmentalists say that glaciers close to mining sites could melt more rapidly.

September 3, 2018

India’s Anil Agarwal succeeds with Vedanta Resources buyout

Some in the industry see this move as a prelude to a potentially broader deal with bigger miner Anglo American.

September 2, 2018

The challenge of creating a solution that avoids mining transcripts

Developers want to ease up geologists' work.

August 31, 2018

Grupo Mexico could reopen San Martin mine after 11 years

Miner Grupo Mexico could reopen the country's largest underground mine in the first quarter of 2019, after it closed due to a workers strike.

August 31, 2018

Chile expects $65.75 bln investment in mining industry over 10 years

Among the investments, it referenced two new lithium mining projects, three copper and one gold, totalling $5.9 billion.

August 31, 2018

Chile’s Codelco produced 875,000 tonnes copper in first half of 2018 – CEO

The company expects to produce approximately 1.7 mln tonnes of copper in the whole of 2018.