April 11, 2016 Codelco scraps plans for new mine at El Salvador division Decision would reduce the total investment needed to $600 million from the whooping $3 billion it was originally estimated.
April 11, 2016 Endeavour Mining begins construction of new African gold mine The Hounde project, in Burkina Faso, is forecast to produce about 1.9 million ounces of gold over a 10-year mine life.
April 11, 2016 Panama Papers links Metso to alleged sales fraud A Russian sales manager for Metso's automation division is said to have skimmed money off invoices and cycled the funds through several bank accounts and firms until they ended up…
April 11, 2016 For the Navajo nation, uranium mining’s deadly legacy lingers As the Cold War threat petered out companies left, abandoning more than 500 mines in an area that is home to more than 250,000 people.
April 8, 2016 Nunavut Impact Review Board objects new diamond project Based on comparable widths and grades, Dunnedin Ventures' Kahuna project has similarities with DeBeers’ Snap Lake.
April 8, 2016 Malaysia extends bauxite mining ban until July to fight pollution The issuing of export permits, however, will resume as soon as existing stockpiles shrink.
April 8, 2016 Antofagasta copper veteran Hernandez retires, Arriagada named new CEO The appointment is effective immediately and Hernandez, who had been CEO since 2014, will remain as an adviser to the board.
April 8, 2016 Lundin biding time to complete mining portfolio with more deals The company recently offered as much as $262.5 million to buy a stake in Freeport-McMoRan Inc.’s Timok copper and gold project in Serbia.
April 7, 2016 Canada unveils final anti-corruption law for the extractive sector Estimated to cover the nearly 2,000 natural resource companies whose businesses are registered in Canada or trade on Toronto’s stock exchange.
April 7, 2016 Alberta shuts oil sands environmental monitoring agency After report concluded the program was a “failed experiment.”
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
