April 20, 2011

Copper prices to stay above 2010 average over the next 3 years – Chile

World top copper producer Chile sees copper prices staying above the 2010 average during the next three years, Deputy Mining Minister Pablo Wagner said on Wednesday. Copper averaged $3.42 per…

April 20, 2011

PanAm Silver has no ‘official notification’ of possible San Vicente nationalization

Pan American Silver said Tuesday it had consulted with Bolivia's Minister of Mines and its unions and "has not received official notification from any government representative with respect to the…

April 20, 2011

Trevali Mining getting $30m loan to fast-track production

With a new loan close to being secured, Trevali may soon join the ranks of bona fide miners, producing at two poly-metallic […]

April 19, 2011

Teck opens new copper concentrator at Carmen de Andacollo in Chile

Teck Resources held an inauguration ceremony last Friday to celebrate the recent start of operations at its new Carmen de Andacollo copper concentrator. […]

April 19, 2011

Lithium Americas outlines $399m mine plan for world-class lithium-brine resource

In a scoping study, Lithium Americas outlined a plan to mine up to 40,000 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate in Argentina […]

April 18, 2011

Itaoeste discovers thallium deposit in Bahia

Itaoeste, a mineral research and development company active in São Paulo, Piauí and Bahia, recently announced the discovery of a thallium deposit at Barreiras in Bahia, Brazil. With this new…

April 18, 2011

Anaconda Mining posts fifth straight quarterly loss

Canadian gold miner Anaconda Mining Inc posted a fifth-straight quarterly loss, but expenses were lower from a year-ago levels and production rose sequentially. Net loss for the third quarter was…

April 17, 2011

Gold Fields ups stake in La Cima to boost gold output

Tier 1 gold miner Gold Fields has bought nearly all the shares in a Peruvian subsidiary for $382 million to increase its […]

April 15, 2011

Peru Miner Milpo to Invest $400 Million in Copper Project: Bloomberg

Bloomberg reports: Cia. Minera Milpo SA, a Peruvian zinc and lead miner, won the bidding for a copper and molybdenum deposit stripped from Inca Pacific Resources Inc. (IPR) last year…

April 15, 2011

Coeur says Morales Administration won’t nationalize San Bartolomé mine

Bolivian officials says President Evo Morales will announce on May 1 that he is dismantling Bolivian mining's "privatization model" and will nationalize former state-owned mines. Coeur d'Alene Mines announced Thursday…