September 18, 2024

BHP’s fertilizer boss bets on low-cost potash to challenge rivals

Jansen mine is expected to produce potash at costs that are less than the top Canadian operations of fertilizer giants Nutrien and Mosaic.

September 18, 2024

Aclara advances on environmental permitting for Chilean rare earth project

The company said it is aiming to file a response addressing questions raised by government agencies by the end of the first quarter of 2025.

September 18, 2024

Coal India eyeing Argentina, Chile for critical minerals

India has been exploring ways to secure supplies of lithium.

September 17, 2024

Rinehart to buy stake in Titan Minerals’ Ecuadorian copper project

It will pay $120 million for an 80% stake in its Linderos copper project in Ecuador.

September 17, 2024

Global green mining market to reach $16.9 billion by 2029 — report

Factors contributing to the projected growth include growing environmental legislation and regulatory pressures, BCC Research says.

September 17, 2024

Argentina’s economic crisis thwarts bid to go nuclear with lithium bounty

For decades, the nation’s world-renowned atomic researchers have toiled on projects in Buenos Aires and Bariloche in Patagonia.

September 17, 2024

Brazil confirms potential $18 billion deal with miners involved in deadly dam disaster

The collapse of the dam at a Samarco iron ore mine near the city of Mariana killed 19 people.

September 17, 2024

BHP warns AI boom would worsen copper shortage

Growth of data centres and AI could boost copper demand by 3.4 million tonnes a year by 2050, CFO Vandita Pant said.

September 16, 2024

Antofagasta to invest $3.5 billion in 2025 amid portfolio expansion

The miner is actively looking for copper projects in Peru that can yield at least 50,000 tonnes of the red metal for 10 years or more.

September 14, 2024

Brazil says it has nearly cleared gold miners from Amazon Yanomami reservation

The Yanomami is South America's largest Indigenous group living in isolation.