Leagold said restarting Santa Luz mine in Brazil requires $82 million
Santa Luz is a fully constructed open pit mine, which originally started production mid-2013 but was placed on care and maintenance in 2014.
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Saskatchewan gives environmental approval to Star-Orion South project
The preliminary economic assessment of the mine estimates that 66 million carats of diamonds could be recovered over a 38-year project life.
Canadian miner’s project in Mexico halted by Hurricane Willa
Hurricane Willa made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 3 on October 23, 2018.
Chile’s court rejects lawsuit to block Nutrien’s sale of stake in SQM to Tianqi
While the decision is final and not subject to appeal, one legal hurdle remains — Pampa Group, which controls SQM, earlier this month filed an additional appeal with Chile’s TDLC antitrust court.
Lupaka’s project in Peru hit by demonstrators
The protesters have blockaded the access road directly outside of the main gate of the mine.
Sibanye, Regulus to jointly develop Argentina’s Altar copper-gold project
The project, located in the San Juan province, is about 10km from the border with Chile, the world’s No. 1 copper producer.
Eldorado to invest $520 million in mill at its Turkish mine
The project would make Kışladağ a nine-year, 270,000-ounce-per-annum gold mine.
This Australia-based lithium-boron developer could become major US producer
A PFS supports the development of a new Australian-backed US$599 million lithium and boron mining and processing operation in Nevada.
B2Gold updates Fekola resource in Mali
Less than a year after B2Gold declared commercial production at its 80%-owned Fekola mine, the gold producer has updated the mine’s resource estimate.