July 23, 2011 Chilean union will extend strike at Escondida mine The largest union at Chile's Escondida copper mine voted to "indefinitely" extend a strike at the mine, which is controlled by global diversified miner BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP, BHP.AU), union…
July 23, 2011 CVRD in Santos joint venture CVRD has formed a joint venture with Vale Fertilizantes to operate the Ultrafertil concession in the port of Santos. It paid $95m for 51% stake in the business and will…
July 22, 2011 AuRico forecasts gold production increases in revised 2011 outlook While it firmed up a rosier gold production profile for the rest of 2011, AuRico outlined plans that would drive up gold output in 2012.
July 22, 2011 Peru, Chile name new mines ministers The President of Chile, Sebastian Pinera has split the mining and energy ministry into two, replacing Laurence Golborne with Hernan de Solminihac and Fernando Echeverria, respectively, in the two posts.
July 22, 2011 Lithium Americas could produce potash by 2014 Mining Weekly reported that Lithium Americas Corp. (TSE:LAC) may be ready to produce potash at its Argentina project by 2014: In an April preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of Cauchari-Olaroz, WorleyParsons…
July 22, 2011 Lithium One Inc.- Low cost lithium at the Sal de Vida brine project, Argentina Lithium One Inc. (CVE:LI) is a mineral exploration and development company positioned to be a near-term producer of low-cost lithium and potash. Its flagship property is the Sal de Vida…
July 22, 2011 Chilean president says copper giant Codelco to remain state-owned Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Thursday the country's copper giant Codelco will remain state-owned in a bid to ease fears that the company will be privatized. Codelco, the world's largest…
July 22, 2011 BHP’s Escondida workers strike as coal miners prepare for action Workers at BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP)’s Escondida copper mine, the world’s biggest, began striking as coal miners at the company’s Australian operations prepared to escalate industrial action. The strike by…
July 21, 2011 Feasibility study launched for 200,000 tpa coking coal facility in Colombia A project by Colombia Clean Power & Fuels Inc. to build a 200,000 tpa coking coal facility in Colombia has been given the green light by a Chinese consultancy firm.…
July 21, 2011 Minera IRL announces community endorsement, Ollachea gold project, Peru London and Toronto: Minera IRL Limited ("Minera IRL" or the "Company"), (TSX:IRL) (AIM:MIRL) (BVL:MIRL) the Latin American gold mining company, is pleased to announce that an Ollachea general assembly meeting…
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
