May 1, 2024

Pan American sells La Arena gold project in Peru to Zijin for $295 million

Zijin will grant Pan American a life-of-mine gold net smelter return royalty of 1.5%.

May 1, 2024

Anglo American copper assets worth $35 billion — report

The estimation, by financial research firm CreditSights, is only $4 billion lower than BHP’s offer for the whole company.

May 1, 2024

Ecuador court puts nail in $3bn copper project’s coffin

Licence has not been revoked, which leaves a chance for the Llurimagua project to become Ecuador’s next big copper mine.

April 30, 2024

Vale concludes sale of 10% of base metals unit to Manara Minerals

Manara is a joint venture between Ma'aden and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

April 30, 2024

Brazil Potash aims to beat Russian, Canadian suppliers on price

New mining projects emerging in Canada and Laos, would likely keep a lid on prices.

April 30, 2024

Highlander Silver gets funding for new project bought from SSR Mining

Funding has been negotiated with members of the Lundin family as well as Canadian mining billionaires Richard Warke and Eric Sprott.

April 29, 2024

Half of all copper mining is at drought risk with climate change

Even in an optimistic low emission scenario for 2050, more than half the world’s copper mines will be in areas exposed to drought risk that’s deemed significant.

April 29, 2024

Lithium Ionic’s high-grade assays follow resource increase at Bandeira in Brazil

The company’s resource update for Bandeira, northeast of Araçuaí, outlined measured and indicated resources of 23.7 million tonnes.

April 29, 2024

Codelco plans lithium exploration in Pedernales salt flat in late 2024

Lithium in Chile is currently mined only in the Atacama salt flat.

April 29, 2024

Vale, BHP offer $25 billion settlement for Mariana disaster, authorities seek more

Companies presented Brazilian authorities with a settlement proposal related to reparations for the 2015 tailings dam burst.