December 11, 2024 Economics, not regulation, the main reason behind delay in British Columbia’s mines, study shows Regulation was a factor in only three of the 20 delayed projects that have received environmental certificates since 1995.
December 11, 2024 London Symposium: ‘Mining must move at the pace of business, not bureaucracy,’ Ontario’s Pirie says Ontario's bid to lead in the critical minerals boom in Canada is fuelled with funding increases and deregulation goals in a new mining code.
December 11, 2024 Trump tariff risk roils gold and silver as New York prices jump Gold futures for delivery in February traded as much as $60 an ounce, or 2%, over spot prices in early London trading.
December 11, 2024 South32 eyes Alaska’s copper under potential Trump policy changes Approval of Ambler Mining District road would allow South32 and Trilogy Metals to mine high-grade copper from their assets.
December 11, 2024 Mexico to review bill to ban open pit mining The controversial bill, approved by the lower chamber of Congress in August, would also prohibit fracking and restrict water usage.
December 4, 2024 Collective Mining extends high-grade core at Apollo in Colombia The results are from five operating drill rigs, part of Collective’s 40,000-metre program for this year.
December 4, 2024 Buenaventura approves bond measures, including $650 million issuance The miner added that shareholders had approved what it called a "repurchase or rescue operation" of currently active bonds.
December 4, 2024 Sierra Metals’ Yauricocha mine in Peru reaches full production The underground copper-gold-silver mine now processes 3,600 tonnes of ore per day, a 30% increase from December 2023.
December 3, 2024 AbraSilver’s Diablillos prefeasibility update raises NPV by almost half The study incorporated lower corporate tax rates in Argentina, an optimized mine plan, and long-term silver and gold prices.
December 3, 2024 Zijin takes control of Pan American’s gold mine in Peru Pan American no longer owns the mine but retains the right to 60% of future copper concentrate from La Arena II.
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