May 30, 2022 In Bolivia’s silver mountain, artisanal miners turn to coca and the devil They live off what they earn from the scraps of silver they find in Cerro Rico, which is slowly sinking and collapsing onto itself.
May 29, 2022 Glencore bribery cases draw in billionaire former executives The US government said that two former top Glencore executives were personally involved in corruption.
May 27, 2022 Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru Snapshot: Eight companies with properties to watch Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru offer miners a blend of established mining jurisdictions and areas of potentially highly-prospective and unexplored terrain
May 27, 2022 Lucky Minerals arranges funding for first drill program at Fortuna, shares rise Proceeds will be used to fund the company's first drill program at the Fortuna gold project in Ecuador.
May 27, 2022 Equinox and Sandstorm create new royalty company The two companies will sell royalties to Rosedale Resources to create Sandbox Royalties in a transaction worth $93.4 million.
May 26, 2022 Sigma Lithium says Brazil project is worth $5.1 billion The project, known as Grota do Cirilo, is expected to produce 531,000 metric tonnes of lithium per year from two deposits.
May 26, 2022 SilverCrest Metals begins commissioning Las Chispas project in Mexico It said construction of the processing plant was completed ahead of schedule, adding it expects to reach commercial production by year-end.
May 26, 2022 Glencore says bribery days are over. Now it has to prove it Glencore’s top leadership has been overhauled in the last few years and boss Gary Nagle says it’s a “different company.”
May 25, 2022 The trouble with lithium Demand has outstripped supply, pushing prices up almost 500% in a year.
May 25, 2022 Mexico prepared to sue Vulcan Materials over environmental issues, president says The Mexican government suspended the mining operations of the company earlier in May.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am
