Inside SQM’s struggle to win over indigenous communities in Chile’s Atacama

Native communities that ring the Atacama worry that mining may be depleting scarce freshwater and lithium-rich brine, reducing its availability for people and wildlife.

Reuters | January 15, 2021 | 6:29 am

Mandalay Resources reports record production in 2020

The Toronto-based miner met its full-year production guidance and registered the highest quarterly saleable gold production in three years.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 15, 2021 | 6:17 am

Troubadour gets drill permit for Texas gold project

The Texas property is located in British Columbia, Canada, and is close to the past-producing Beaverdell mine.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 15, 2021 | 6:12 am

Stakes high for Rio Tinto, Mongolia as Oyu Tolgoi talks loom

The next three to six months will be crucial to the future of the vast copper-gold mine, as the companies behind the operation negotiate with the government.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2021 | 6:11 am

Judge denies Native American bid to block Rio Tinto’s copper project

The US Forest Service published a final environmental impact statement for the project that critics say will destroy sites deemed sacred by Native Americans.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 15, 2021 | 5:57 am

Lucara kicks off 2021 with 341-carat white diamond find

The unbroken white diamond, recovered from the Karowe mine in Botswana, could fetch more than $10 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2021 | 3:59 am

Native Americans say US does not own land it is about to give to Rio Tinto

Members of Arizona's San Carlos Apache tribe filed a property lien in an attempt to regain control over land that the US government is poised to give to the miner for the Resolution Copper mine.

Reuters | January 14, 2021 | 2:13 pm