July 2, 2011 Mexico silver production to up 15 pct and gold production rises 18 pct Mexican mining production rose 22% in April from the year-ago month, led by a big jump in output of copper, the National Statistics Institute, or Inegi, said Thursday. Copper production…
July 2, 2011 Chilean copper miners announce strike The Chilean Federation of Copper Workers announced a strike for July 11 to oppose plans to privatize the state-owned National Copper Company (Codelco). The management of Codelco, the biggest copper…
July 1, 2011 Vale cuts 2015 iron-ore output target by 53m tonnes Bloomberg reports Vale SA, the world’s largest iron-ore miner, cut its target for 2015 output by 10%. The Rio de Janeiro-based company expects to produce 469 million metric tons a…
July 1, 2011 Xstrata says copper output picked up in Q2, committed to Peru World No. 4 copper miner Xstrata said Friday it was confident it would hit its 2011 copper output target, after production improved in the second quarter following heavy rains in…
July 1, 2011 Chile’s copper production to grow at annual average rate of 4.9% Chile's mining sector faces a series of challenges over the coming months as growing fears of a slowdown in Chinese economic growth, dictated by the country's increasingly restrictive monetary policy,…
July 1, 2011 Silver mining in Peru: looking forward through crisis Protests against the Canadian-owned Bear Creek Mining Corporation’s (CVE:BCM) Santa Ana Silver project resulted in five people being killed by police gunfire last Friday at the Juliaca International Airport, located…
June 30, 2011 Is China the world’s new clean coal leader? A new collaboration in Colombia is the latest evidence that China is becoming a world-leading innovator in clean coal. Chris Lo talks to Colombia Clean Power & Fuels COO Graham…
June 30, 2011 Outotec to deliver the world’s largest iron ore pelletizing plant in Brazil Outotec has agreed with Samarco Mineração S.A. on a turnkey delivery of the world's largest iron ore pelletizing plant in Brazil. The contract value is approximately EUR 200 million, which…
June 30, 2011 Timmins Gold earns $84m at San Francisco Gold in first year Timmins Gold Corp. reported an annual net profit of $11.5m for 2011, the first year of commercial operations of its San Francisco gold project in Mexico. The nine cent a…
June 30, 2011 Brazil’s Samarco orders world’s largest iron ore pelletizing plant Outotec has agreed with Samarco Mineração S.A. on a turnkey delivery of the world's largest iron ore pelletizing plant in Brazil. The contract value is approximately EUR 200 million, which…
Codelco replaces top executives at El Teniente mine after investigation The company said an internal audit following the July 31 incident at El Teniente detected inconsistencies and "concealment" of certain reported technical aspects. February 13, 2026 | 07:52 am
