Iron ore price hits fresh 9-and-half year highIron ore prices are already up 8% in 2021 after customs data showed Chinese imports hitting a record high of 1.2 billion tonnes.MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 15, 2021 | 10:23 am
Aura Minerals sees up to 42% production growth in 2021Company expects production to reach between 250,000 and 290,000 GEOs…MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 15, 2021 | 9:26 am
Inside SQM’s struggle to win over indigenous communities in Chile’s AtacamaNative communities that ring the Atacama worry that mining may…Reuters | January 15, 2021 | 6:29 am
C3 Metals receives drill permit for Jasperoide project in Peru The Canadian company has 34 months to conduct exploration work at its flagship project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 14, 2020 | 6:15 am
Peruvian Ministry of Environment asks Congress to drop bills that promote illegal mining A couple of proposals that extend deadlines related to the registration of small-scale mine operators in Peru are considered detrimental to the legalization process. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 13, 2020 | 11:45 am
Samarco resumes operations 5 years after Fundão dam tragedy The company expects initial production of 8 million tonnes of iron ore per year. Bruno Venditti | December 11, 2020 | 12:50 pm
Wheaton pays $150m for 50% of Cozamin mine’s silver Wheaton has agreed to buy 50% of Cozamin’s silver output until 10 million oz have been delivered. Northern Miner Staff | December 11, 2020 | 12:45 pm
Anglo American to divest from thermal coal operations by 2023 Company said production across all minerals will increase by 14% in 2021. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 11, 2020 | 10:00 am
Copper-market cocktail means miners have rarely had it so good The world’s biggest copper miners are enjoying a rare bonanza, helped along by fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Bloomberg News | December 11, 2020 | 8:58 am
Vale asks US court to force Steinmetz to pay $2bn award Vale is urging a New York-based federal court to force the magnate to reveal all assets to enforce and so obtain the arbitration award. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 11, 2020 | 6:33 am
Altiplano closer to turning Farellón into mining complex The Canadian miner relocated a recently acquired mill into a site situated 5 kilometres north of the mine. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 11, 2020 | 6:20 am
SolGold shares up on Cascabel project update The Cascabel project is one of the most ambitious mining projects in Ecuador. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 10, 2020 | 11:19 am