April 5, 2023

Copper mining project must be suspended, Ecuador court rules

The Imbabura provincial court said a 2014 environmental license and other permissions given for the Llurimagua project do not comply with proper parameters.

April 5, 2023

Brazil court backs crackdown on illegal gold mining in Amazon

Court decision legal practice of buyers accepting the origin of the precious metal with paper receipts based on the "good faith" of the seller.

April 5, 2023

Chile copper production down 3.4% in February – Cochilco

Output from Codelco fell 14.8% year on year to 105,400 tonnes.

April 5, 2023

Hochschild Mining walks away from Canadian gold project

It has ended option to earn in a 60% stake in Skeena Resources' Snip gold project, in British Columbia.

April 4, 2023

Iron ore price expected to ease over next 5 years on slower demand growth and more supply

In the long term, Fitch expects prices to decline to $50 a tonne.

April 4, 2023

NGEx shares shoot up 23% on new copper-gold discovery in Argentina

CEO Wojtek Wodzicki said the grades are some of the best he has seen in his career.

April 3, 2023

RANKED: World’s top 10 biggest lithium operations

Albemarle’s Greenbushes hard rock mine in Australia holds top spot.

April 3, 2023

Chile economy contracts more than expected on mining drop

Mining activity tumbled 3.1% in February from the previous month.

April 3, 2023

Agnico Eagle becomes sole owner of Canadian Malartic mine

The world’s third-biggest bullion producer now owns the Canadian Malartic, one of North America’s biggest gold mines.

April 2, 2023

OPEC+ makes shock million-barrel cut in new inflation risk

The new reduction is significant for a market where — despite the recent price fluctuations — supply was looking tight for the latter part of the year.