October 7, 2022

Chile permanently closes mining areas connected to giant sinkhole

Mining minister made the announcement after meeting with union members, mine workers and technical experts studying the sinkhole.

October 7, 2022

Cosan acquires 4.9% of Vale, plans to buy more

Cosan said it made the purchase "through a subsidiary and a combination of direct investments, equity and derivative operations."

October 7, 2022

Anglo American worried about delays at new Peru copper mine

Anglo's Quellaveco mine is the largest new project set to start commercial operations this year, with an investment of $5.5 billion.

October 7, 2022

SolGold becomes sole owner of Cascabel with Cornerstone buy

The friendly deal is SolGold’s third attempt to take over the Canadian junior to own 100% of the project in Ecuador.

October 7, 2022

Collective Mining grows Guayabales gold zone in Colombia

Diamond drill hole APC-14 at the Apollo target extended the southern dimension of the Main Breccia discovery, increasing its overall width by 90%.

October 6, 2022

Illegal gold extraction hits record in Brazil – report

Brazil produced 47.9 tonnes of gold with evidence of illegality in 2021, almost two-thirds of that gold came from the Amazon.

October 6, 2022

Filo Mining shares rise following new drills results from Aurora zone

Hole 67 returned an intersection of 1,131.6 metres at 1.11% copper equivalent from a depth of 132 metres.

October 6, 2022

Horizonte Minerals flags cost increase at Brazil nickel project

The company started building the Araguaia nickel mine, which it acquired from Glencore in 2015, in May this year.

October 5, 2022

Antofagasta CEO voices concern about recession hitting copper prices

Earlier on Wednesday the government cut its 2023 average price estimate to $3.62 per pound, from a previous estimate of $3.92 last July.

October 5, 2022

Visualizing the world’s largest iron ore producers

Iron is the fourth most abundant element on the planet after oxygen, silicon, and aluminum.