January 21, 2013

Codelco’s longer term ambitions undiminished: targets 2.5m tonnes a year

Output expected to be up 42% by 2021.

January 19, 2013

Chinalco’s Toromocho copper project in Peru to initiate production in 4Q 2013

The copper, silver and molybdenum mine is estimated to produce 865,600 tons of copper concentrates a year by 2015.

January 19, 2013

Lessons from the Argentine

By David Galland Here are some of the lessons I have learned since moving to Cafayate in the Salta province in scenic […]

January 19, 2013

Buenaventura to invest USD 460 million in 3 new projects in 2013

The projects are aimed at increasing the company's production of silver, zinc, copper and energy.

January 19, 2013

Raking over the Rio coals

A round up of commentary on the CEO switch.

January 18, 2013

Canadian miner kidnapped in Colombia

Five gold miners working in a northern province of Colombia were kidnapped Friday afternoon by the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN).

January 18, 2013

Colombia allows some miners to work in new national park, sparks debate

While miners that already hold licenses will be allowed to keep working in the area, the authority emphasized that those permits will not be renewed once they expire.

January 18, 2013

McEwen Mining reactivates El Gallo complex in Mexico

The reserves at El Gallo amount to more than 40 million ounces of silver and 600,000 ounces of gold.

January 18, 2013

Regulus completes 2012 drilling campaign at the Rio Grande project in Salta Province, Argentina

The 2012 programme was successful in: defining and extending higher grade copper-gold mineralization in the steeply dipping tabular Southwest Zone to more than 200 metres along strike and 550 metres…

January 17, 2013

World’s greatest explorer: Dave Lowell interview

He’s known as the most successful mining explorationist of the past century, having discovered 17 ore bodies, including the world’s largest copper mine