Top 20 mining stories of 2021
Another record-setting year for the metals and mining industry and for MINING.COM.
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Brazil secures $21m in mining land auction
This was the fifth round of a larger tender process and it involved a total of 4,500 tenements of which 1,123 were purchased in the public offering stage.
Gold’s turn to shine
The leading alternative asset’s secular bull is set to resume with a vengeance in 2022 and beyond.
Copper price rises as China’s factory activity accelerates
China's factory activity unexpectedly accelerated in December, according to an official survey released on Friday.
Copper think tank signals how Chile’s new Constitution can boost the mining sector
The Centre for Copper and Mining Studies believes Chile’s mining sector needs a new purpose that goes beyond increasing production.
Gold price set for worst year since 2015
Gold is poised to end 2021 the same way it spent much of the year.
Colombia’s third-quarter coal output grows 18.7%
The Andean country produced 12.9 million tonnes of coal in the three months ended Sept. 30.
Chile’s copper production down 1.6% in November
On the other hand, Chiles's manufacturing output jumped 5% in November compared with the same month last year.
Copper coating could enhance effectiveness of masks against covid-19
Using a thin-film coating of copper or copper compounds on surfaces could enhance copper's ability to inactivate the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
