September 11, 2020 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Barrick CEO faces stark test; Definitive feasibility study for Kakula confirms giant mine; Freeport’s Grasberg go-go days back.
September 10, 2020 Freeport’s Grasberg go-go days back as gold, copper prices rally Freeport's iconic open cut mine in Indonesia is going underground – nearly doubling copper and gold production and earning $8 billion per year in the process.
September 10, 2020 Turquoise Hill stock tanks on Mongolia mine funding Turquoise Hill shares dropped 23% after controlling shareholder Rio Tinto announced a $500m debt deal for the troubled Oyu Tolgoi expansion.
September 8, 2020 Nova Royalty to profit from Rio Tinto’s Janice Lake project The Canadian company has acquired a 1% net smelter return royalty on the Janice Lake copper-silver project.
September 7, 2020 Silver’s brilliant year validates longtime bugs’ enthusiasm The metal has had an outstanding year, with its gain almost double gold’s.
September 7, 2020 Hochschild sees lower output on lockdowns in Peru, Argentina The miner is targeting overall attributable production of 280,000-290,000 gold equivalent ounces or 24-25 million silver equivalent ounces.
September 4, 2020 Scotgold expects first gold pour by end of November The Cononish project is slated to become Scotland’s first commercial gold mine.
September 3, 2020 Eric Sprott, First Majestic back Silver Dollar Resources Sprott and First Majestic have agreed to participate in its C$10.5 million non-brokered private placement.
September 2, 2020 Mexico miners condemn gov’t decision to scrap sectorial post Mexico has eliminated the mining sub-secretary, one of the Ministry of Economy units, as part of a broader austerity drive.
B2Gold’s Johnson channels global experience B2Gold ends the year after seamlessly pivoting from launching Canada’s newest Arctic gold mine to complex talks in strife-torn Africa. December 26, 2025 | 06:50 am