September 12, 2022 Venezuela pushes out small gold miners as Maduro seeks more revenue President Nicolas Maduro has been striking deals with bigger miners, seeking more production and more revenue for the treasury.
September 11, 2022 Chilean think-tank says Codelco pays more taxes but extracts less copper than private companies Chile’s Center for National Studies of Alternative Development reports that while private mining paid $3.5 billion in taxes, Codelco paid $5.3 billion.
September 11, 2022 Ancient remains found at Glencore’s project in Argentina A worker at Glencore’s El Pachón project in Argentina bumped into human remains while performing some road cleaning duties.
September 10, 2022 Bear market leaves bond investors with few places to hide Double-digit losses have been the norm for fixed-income investors in 2022.
September 9, 2022 Vale posts best week in 20 months on metals rebound, nickel plans Shares in the world’s No. 2 iron ore producer and major nickel supplier surged 11% this week, outpacing peers.
September 9, 2022 Escondida mine workers agree to suspend planned work stoppage Workers at Chile’s Escondida, the largest copper mine in the world, agreed to temporarily suspend a work stoppage planned for next week to meet with local regulators.
September 9, 2022 Osisko Gold acquires NSR royalty on Marimaca copper project in Chile The newly created royalty covers approximately 1,310 hectares of existing resource and prospective, near-resource targets.
September 8, 2022 Chile environmental regulator orders Antofagasta to apply risk control measures SMA has asked the miner to implement seven measures to control risks linked to the rescue of hydrocarbons.
September 8, 2022 Copper price rises on supply disruption concerns Workers at BHP's Escondida threatened on Wednesday to go on strike over what they described as safety concerns.
September 8, 2022 Equinox Gold’s Los Filos mine hit by blockade Operations at the Mexican gold mine have been suspended while members a nearby community prevent the delivery of required supplies.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am