July 14, 2022

Anglo American, Nippon Steel to work on low-carbon steelmaking

They will work on solutions for lower-carbon steelmaking, a process responsible for up to 9% of global greenhouse emissions.

July 13, 2022

London court to decide who controls $1 billion of Venezuelan gold

Opposition leader Juan Guaido, who’s won a series of legal clashes in the UK, is pushing for a judge to assert his right to control the bullion.

July 13, 2022

Ecuador court endorses environmental permits for Dundee’s Loma Larga gold project

The Judicial Labour Unit of the southern city of Cuenca also reaffirmed Dundee’s mining concessions in Ecuador.

July 13, 2022

Column: Collapsing metal inventories clash with plunging prices

Shrinking exchange stocks should be a bullish price signal. Right now, however, macro is trumping micro as Western recession fears pummel the industrial metals complex.

July 13, 2022

How to accurately determine the impact of lithium mining on water sources

In a paper published in the journal Earth's Future, scientists point out that previous studies have not addressed two important factors which has led to misguided estimations and assumptions.

July 12, 2022

Sigma Lithium’s project in Brazil to benefit from new rules

The 25%-ready Grota do Cirilo lithium project will not be constrained by quotas so Sigma will mine the north and south pits simultaneously.

July 12, 2022

Anglo American’s Quellaveco yields first copper concentrate

The $5.5 billion Peruvian copper project, to come on stream by mid-year, is expected to produce 100,000 to 150,000 tonnes of copper this year.

July 11, 2022

Lake Resources shares hit by short seller’s lithium tech allegations

It's the latest attack against a wave of new technologies aiming to produce the electric vehicle battery metal.

July 11, 2022

Brazilian jeweler sets out on a mission to promote ethical mining

In 2020, Ara Vartanian launched an initiative to highlight Brazilian mines that invest in their communities and produce stones that can be traced back to the source.

July 11, 2022

Komatsu, Codelco to trial unique tunneling machine at Chuquicamata mine

The new tunnel boring machine is equipped with new technologies that enable adaptability to small curves, reversing, and passing intersections in hard rock tunnel excavation.