January 7, 2022

Pembridge to boost copper output at Minto mine

It expects to produce between 28 million and 31 million pounds of copper at the Yukon Territories mine in 2022.

January 6, 2022

Gold price slides to 1-week low on hawkish Fed signal

Gold and silver prices are pressured as markets attempt to squeeze in a fourth rate hike for 2022, TD Securities said.

January 5, 2022

Trigon produces first concentrate at Kombat mine in Namibia

Trigon's Kombat commercial production is expected by March.

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

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.

December 29, 2021

Romans exploited silver deposits in Portugal, Spain to make coins

European researchers determined which locations may have been mined for silver to produce Roman coinage.

December 28, 2021

Philippines ends open-pit mining ban to reinvigorate industry

The Philippines has lifted a four-year-old ban on open-pit mining for copper, gold, silver and complex ores.

December 27, 2021

Fresnillo’s Juanicipio project temporarily denied connection to Mexico’s national power grid

According to Fresnillo, the denial is linked to the knock-on effects of the pandemic on the operations of the state-owned electrical company.

December 27, 2021

Bacteria may have played big role in the formation of massive silver, gold deposits

Scientists at Penn State University and the University of Saskatchewan found silver in coprolites collected from the Ravens Throat River Lagerstätte in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

December 23, 2021

New industrial WiFi system to bring 6G technologies to remote, underground mines

University of Sydney researchers are developing an industrial long-range WiFi system that transmits signals to hard-to-reach places while maintaining high data rates.