June 29, 2022

Kinross Gold to publish Great Bear resource estimate with 2022 results

Kinross is targeting construction by 2027 and first production by 2029, but doesn’t rule out a “schedule compression.”

June 28, 2022

USGS deploys satellite imagery in the global fight against illegal mining

Artisanal and small-scale mining can lead to commodities being mined, sold and purchased through unofficial channels and potentially financing criminal or terrorist organizations.

June 28, 2022

Teck tests carbon capture use and storage at Canadian operations

Canada’s largest diversified miner has set the pilot project at its Trail Operations metallurgical complex in southern British Columbia.

June 27, 2022

Global iron ore production growth to accelerate until 2026 – report

Growth in Australia, faster growth in Brazil and stabilisation in Mainland China's ore output will be the main drivers of growth, Fitch says.

June 27, 2022

Kore Potash cuts Congo project costs by $520 million

Kore also reduced the construction period for its Kola potash project by six months to 40 months.

June 27, 2022

Codelco sees ‘very firm’ copper price ahead despite recent drop

Chile's government said this week it would allow the company to retain 30% of its profits from last year to help finance an ambitious investment plan until the end of…

June 27, 2022

Codelco eyes green shift as environment pressure grows

The mining firm is facing global clients and investors increasingly focused on environmental concerns.

June 26, 2022

Three Chilean communities maintain protest against Los Pelambres copper miner

The Tranquilla, Batuco and Cuncumén communities are still looking for compensation following a leak in a pipeline at the mine’s concentrator plant.

June 24, 2022

Rio2 shares fall on EIA rejection of its Fenix Gold project in Chile  

While Fenix meets the environmental regulations and requirements, it didn’t provide enough information on how it aims to eliminate the “adverse impacts” that the project will have on the area’s…

June 24, 2022

Indigenous Ecuadorians fight back as metal mining eats into Amazon

More than 60% of ancestral Shuar territory, spread over 568,000 acres, is covered by mining concessions.