October 5, 2023

Codelco loses CFO in latest blow to world’s top copper miner

Alejandro Rivera resigned as CFO a day after Codelco’s investment-grade credit rating was cut one notch by Moody’s.

October 5, 2023

Séguéla drives Fortuna to record gold production in Q3

The Yaramoko mine in Burkina Faso also saw a 25% increase in production.

October 5, 2023

Chile’s government looks to China to upgrade its economy beyond commodities

While Chile’s trade with China surpassed $65 billion last year, most of its exports are dominated by copper and much of it is shipped in the form of concentrates

October 5, 2023

Buenaventura suspends Peru mine on permitting delays

Peru’s top publicly traded precious-metals producer has halted Colquijirca's Tajo Norte mine for up to three years due to permitting delays.

October 4, 2023

Cordoba lands bridge financing for Alacran copper project from Ivanhoe Electric, JCHX

The project is positioned to be the largest copper mine in Colombia, the company says.

October 4, 2023

Lithium stocks tumble amid declining prices

Ganfeng Lithium and Tianqi Lithium have plunged 51% and 32% respectively since January.

October 4, 2023

Heads to roll at Anglo American head offices

The mining giant has begun at Kumba Iron Ore, where 181 workers got notices and 141 jobs are expected to be cut.

October 3, 2023

Sigma achieves record daily lithium production at Grota do Cirilo

The company said it remains on track to achieve annual 2023 production guidance of 130,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate.

October 3, 2023

Vale taps BluestOne to repurpose nickel waste in Brazil

Vale will provide up to 50,000 tonnes per year of refinery slag from Onça Puma to BluestOne for the next 10 years. 

October 3, 2023

Adventus, Salazar delay construction of Ecuador project

The companies now expect to start building their Curipamba-El Domo copper-gold project in the second quarter of 2024.