Rio Tinto wants out of Grasberg now
New report says Rio talking to Indonesian groups to sell interest in giant copper, gold mine – Freeport still at loggerheads with Jakarta about stake sale.
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Bacanora secures environmental permit for Sonora project in Mexico
Permit lets Bacanora go-ahead with its 35,000tpa (tons per annum) lithium carbonate operation in Mexico.
Shares in Quebec junior surge on Michigan reserves update
Highland Copper jumps 18% after announcing a 46% increase in resources at its Copperwood copper and silver project in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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Southern Copper to resume Tia Maria project in Peru as permit imminent
Peruvian government is expected to issue a long-awaited construction permit for the mine in the first quarter of 2018.
Acacia Mining takes further revenue hit, reviews Barrick-Tanzania deal
Chief Financial Officer Andrew Wray said the company doesn't even have the ability to make the upfront $300 million payment Barrick has promised to the government of Tanzania as part of a deal reached Thursday.
Alrosa has just unearthed another large yellow diamond, hits annual record of massive findings
With the newly unearthed 34.17-carat diamond, Alrosa has hit an annual record in the number of large fancy-coloured stones found at its operations.
Polyus powers on
Russian miner posts another quarter of record production on the way to 2.8m ounces in 2019 as its $2.2 billion Natalka mine ramps up.