UK defends approval of first deep coal mine in 30 years
Woodhouse Colliery would produce 3.1 million tonnes of metallurgical coal and 400,000 tonnes of carbon emissions a year.
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Santacruz Silver reports record production at Mexican mines
The Canadian miner said consolidated annual production at its Zimapan mine and Rosario project in Mexico increased by 30% in 2020.
Cruz Cobalt to reassess silver-cobalt projects in Ontario
The Canadian miner said that even though its focus continues to be battery metals, it will investigate its five projects for silver potential.
De Beers’ diamond sales beat pre-covid levels
The miner's rough-diamond sales jumped 44% in the first cycle of 2021 from to the same period last year.
Albemarle shares slip on $1.3 billion stock offering
The company’s stock doubled in 2020 as lithium prices rallied on EV demand.
Brazil’s 2020 mineral production topped 1 billion tonnes, up 2.5%
The country's mineral exports reached $37 billion, compared to $33 billion in the previous year, bolstered by strong Chinese demand for iron ore.
Mining hotspots for 2021 in Latin America, Africa – report
Markets in these two regions have greater exposure to copper, prices of which Fitch sees averaging at a seven-year high in 2021.
Brazil’s Bahia Mineracao starts production at iron ore mine
The subsidiary of Kazakhstan's Eurasian Resources Group started production at Pedra de Ferro in northeastern Brazil with expected 2021 output of 1 million tonnes.
Bacanora seeks $60m to pay for stage 1 of Sonora project
Sonora is regarded as one of the world’s larger known clay lithium deposits.
