Agnico sends Nunavut site workers home amid rising covid-19 cases
Agnico is sending workers from three of its Canadian operations back home for at least three weeks.
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Peru villagers agree to lift blockade at Las Bambas copper mine in short truce
The Chumbivilcas communities agreed to suspend their blockade of Las Bambas mine until a Dec. 30 meeting.
Albemarle joins newly formed lithium industry body
The world's largest producer of lithium for electric vehicles is the latest to join ILiA after mining giants including Rio Tinto and BASF.
ALROSA names diamond after folklore heroine to honor indigenous culture
Kyndykan was a young girl who was miraculously found alive 200 years ago by Yakut hunters near the Verkhoyansk Mountains in an ancestral settlement completely wiped out by smallpox.
Generation Mining clinches C$240m stream with Wheaton for Marathon construction
A March 2021 feasibility study outlined a 13-year open pit mine at Marathon.
Europe’s biggest aluminum smelter cuts output on power price surge
The Aluminium Dunkerque plant has lost about 20 million euros ($22.6 million) since the beginning of November.
Iron ore price retreats on covid-19 concerns
The price fell on Wednesday as concerns over covid-19 curbs and the approaching off-season for construction activity in China soured sentiment.
Surpluses on the horizon to douse fire under copper prices
Mine supply is expected to rise 3.9% to nearly 22 million tonnes next year, according to the International Copper Study Group.
Ivanhoe’s Kamoa exceeds annual copper guidance, with over 100,000t YTD
Ivanhoe's production guidance for 2021 was set at 92,500-100,000 tonnes.
