December 21, 2011 Chile to produce 5.5 million tons of copper in 2012: trade group Chile will produce 5.5 million mt of copper next year as new operations enter production, the country's national mining association SONAMI said Tuesday.
December 21, 2011 Minas-Rio costs soar 15% to $5.78 billion Anglo American (LON:AAL) has increased the capital expenditure budget for its largest project in development, the Minas-Rio iron ore mine in Brazil, by 15%, the London-listed major miner announced on…
December 20, 2011 Conga mine talks break down again A new round of talks to end the dispute over the gold project in Peru appeared to break down on Monday after the prime minister excluded environmental activists from the…
December 19, 2011 South American Silver’s stock is up 17% after announcing four billion pound copper resource South American Silver (TSE:SAC) stock shot up 17% in morning trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange to $1.62 a share after the company announced the findings from its NI…
December 18, 2011 Rusoro may turn to arbitration to resolve gold mining dispute Rusoro Mining Ltd. (RML) said it may file a claim against Venezuela in an international arbitration court if negotiations to resolve the nationalization of its assets aren’t resolved within six…
December 18, 2011 Goldcorp secures construction permit for Cerro Negro project Goldcorp Inc on Friday (TSX: G, NYSE: GG) announced the approval of the amended Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) by provincial authorities in the province of Santa Cruz for the development…
December 16, 2011 Peru to lift state of emergency imposed to quell Conga protests The country has decided to lift the state of emergency in the northern region of Cajamarca and reopen negotiations with protestors opposed to Newmont's $4.8bn Conga mine
December 14, 2011 Antofagasta approves US$1.3 bn Antucoya copper project Antofagasta PLC (ANTO.LN) announced that its board of directors has approved the development of the US$1.3 billion Antucoya copper project in the north of Chile.
December 13, 2011 Botswana, DRC and Zambia most vulnerable to ‘resource curse’ Oxford Policy Management published a new report explaining how low- and middle-income countries are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the "resource curse."
December 13, 2011 Endeavour Silver finds high-grade zones in Mexico Vancouver-based miner Endeavour Silver has discovered two high-grade silver/gold zones at its Guanajuato mine in Mexico and anticipates a significant increase in reserves and resources at the mine at the…
Philippine nickel sales to Indonesia to jump after Jakarta curbs Exports from the Philippines “might double this year,” a mining executive said. February 13, 2026 | 07:59 am
