July 23, 2024

Vale Base Metals appoints mining veteran Shaun Usmar as CEO

Usmar has more than 30 years of industry experience, with his latest role being founder and CEO of Triple Flag Precious Metals.

July 22, 2024

Founders Metals surges to new high on Antino drill results

The new results are highlighted by another high-grade interval of 6 metres at 5.31 g/t gold.

July 22, 2024

Copper prices, output drive Grupo Mexico profit jump

Copper production during the quarter totaled 270,747 metric tons, up 4.7% from a year earlier.

July 22, 2024

Ero Copper and Vale close agreement on Brazil’s Furnas project

The iron oxide-copper-gold project is located near Vale's Salobo operations and Ero’s Tucumã project.

July 22, 2024

Solaris estimates in-pit resource for Warintza project

The resource totalled 909 million tonnes grading 0.53% copper equivalent in the measured and indicated categories.

July 22, 2024

CleanTech produces battery-grade lithium in first phase of DLE pilot

It achieved a lithium recovery rate of about 95% from the brine, with a total recovery of 88%.

July 21, 2024

With no recovery in sight, lithium prices force miners to reevaluate output

The price of the material that’s vital to the energy transition has plunged by around 80% since late 2022.

July 21, 2024

Saudi Arabia to visit Brazil and Chile as seeks to diversify mining

The diversification strategy includes plans to expand into international mining to secure access to minerals including copper, cobalt and nickel, as well as lithium.

July 19, 2024

Life after mining: New book spotlights global reclamation projects

'102 Things to Do with a Hole in the Ground' tells the stories of reinvented coal mining regions, regenerated communities and rebuilt ecosystems.

July 19, 2024

Vale resumes operations at Salobo 3 after fire

Vale said 2024 copper production guidance remains at 320-355 kt.