Snapshot: Eight Canadian companies exploring in South America
South America is home to rich deposits of gold, silver, copper, zinc and lithium.
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Strike at BHP’s Chile copper mines continues, no end in sight
The strike entered its fifth day on Monday, as the union awaited a decision by labor authorities over whether substitute workers the company called in are legal.
Goldsource seeks to chart scalable development of Eagle Mountain
Goldsource Mines is planning a second resource update for Eagle Mountain in Guyana during the second half of 2021.
Bolsonaro vows to keep mining out of Yanomami reservation in Brazil
According to non-profit group Instituto Socioambiental, there are about 20,000 illegal gold miners in the Yanomami area, Brazil’s largest protected Indigenous reserve.
Russell: Eight kids and a nun may have doomed coal’s future
Activists have finally realised that hitting companies and governments with potentially massive liabilities is a more effective strategy than having protesters chain themselves to mining equipment.
Australian copper miner 29Metals launches $471m IPO
29Metals’ assets include the Golden Grove copper mine and Capricorn Copper, both in Australia, and Redhill in Chile,
How perovskites can help develop high-efficiency, low-cost solar cells
Researchers at McGill University unlocked the mystery of how perovskites act as semiconductors even when there are defects in the material.
Dundee expands into Ecuador with IVN Metals buy
All-stock deal hands Dundee Precious Metals the advanced-stage Loma Larga gold-copper-silver project in southern Ecuador.
Trudeau’s EV ambitions need strategic shift, nickel CEO says
The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the importance of securing supplies on a regional level and further strengthen western countries’ desire to end reliance on China.
