July 21, 2021 Australian firm sells Myanmar project in wake of coup Businesses have collapsed in the Southeast Asian country ever since the military coup.
July 20, 2021 Endeavour Silver buys Nevada gold asset for $100 million The Bruner gold exploration project is expected to become a low-cost, open pit, heap leach mine operation.
July 13, 2021 Zombie mines are coming back to life on soaring metals prices A strong price environment had seen miners look at the economics of reopening mothballed operations, one consultancy says.
July 13, 2021 Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte mine production exceeds expectations The mine, Ecuador's largest, delivered 108,799 ounces of gold in the three months to June 30, up from 104,137 ounces in the previous quarter.
July 11, 2021 Renewables get EU regulatory boost Large-scale solar capacity in the US is likely to exceed that of wind in 2022.
July 10, 2021 Mediterranean silver likely traded during the Trojan War, the founding of Rome Scientists used high-precision isotopic analysis to identify the ore sources of hacksilber that served as means of payment in the southern Levant.
July 8, 2021 Ascot discovers high-grade base metals mineralization at Premier Initial drilling this year has intercepted a shallow zone of gold-silver mineralization and a deeper zone of high-grade copper-silver mineralization.
July 7, 2021 Sandfire granted licence for copper mine in Botswana The 3.2 million tonnes per annum Motheo open pit mine could help Botswana curb its dependence on diamond mining.
July 6, 2021 After months of union talks, San Rafael mine in Mexico to reopen San Rafael primarily produces silver, zinc and lead in the town of Cosala in Sinaloa state.
July 4, 2021 Mining brines from dormant volcanoes could provide battery metals, gold Oxford researchers say it is possible to extract copper, gold, zinc, silver and lithium from brines trapped in porous rocks at depths of 2 kilometres below dormant volcanoes.
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
