September 4, 2017 Zimbabwe completes gold mining probe Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Fred Moyo, said that his team looked into production and trading circles
September 4, 2017 10% of Mexico’s territory available for mining Active mining concessions add up to 25,716
September 3, 2017 Canadian government to spend $247M on roads to support Yukon mines Justin Trudeau announced that the federal government will inject $247 million into the Yukon’s highway network.
September 1, 2017 Ecuador expects $488 million in revenue from industrial mining The Lenin Moreno government has recently granted 237 mining concessions to private companies
September 1, 2017 BacTech Environmental: “Green Gold” processing technology addresses artisanal mining and ARD problems Every year millions of small-scale miners toil in the baking sun, collecting and breaking rocks with the goal of extracting small amounts of gold - enough to make a living…
September 1, 2017 Newmont begins production at Tanami expansion project in Australia Company expects to increase gold production at Tanami by 80,000 ounces annually, reaching between 425,000-475,000 ounces a year.
September 1, 2017 Peru to auction $2 billion Michiquillay copper project in November The massive project is expected to process close to 80,000 tonnes of copper ore a day.
August 31, 2017 Canada’s Trevali among world’s top zinc producers with Glencore mines buy Acquisition makes of the Canadian miner one of the few multi-asset, low-cost global zinc producers.
August 31, 2017 Greece to begin arbitration process over Eldorado mine plans next month Government said it expects to settle its differences with the Canadian miner, which is developing the Skouries and Olympias projects in northern Greece, where it also operates the Stratoni mine.
August 31, 2017 SolGold on a roll in Ecuador, extends mineralization at Cascabel The Cascabel project is located in the northern portion of the Andean copper belt in Ecuador, renowned for hosting almost half the world’s copper known reserves.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am