January 26, 2022

Fresnillo cuts production targets on Omicron labour shortage

The miner said labour absences fuelled by the latest covid-19 variant would have a greater impact on production than anticipated.

January 25, 2022

Battery Mineral Resources’ stock rises on drill results at Punitaqui copper mine

Minera Altos de Punitaqui is in the Coquimbo region of Chile, about 30 miles south of Teck's Andacollo copper mine.

January 25, 2022

Teck to trial Jetti Resources copper catalyst

Jetti’s copper catalyst increases run-of-mine copper yields.

January 25, 2022

UK local govt pension scheme “dismayed” at lack of action over Brazil dam collapses

Vale said last week it expected to spend $1.64 billion in 2022 on reparations related to the Brumadinho dam burst.

January 24, 2022

In charts: Gold rally defies traditional headwinds

BofA sees investment demand driving gold to $1,925 in 2022.

January 24, 2022

Sibanye-Stillwater ditches $1bn Brazil copper and nickel deal

The assets were the Santa Rita nickel and Serrote copper mines, and would have boosted the miner's growing battery metals portfolio.

January 21, 2022

Peru groups agree to services deal with MMG mine after protests

Community groups in Peru agreed to provide trucking services to the Las Bambas copper mine.

January 21, 2022

Americas Gold and Silver reopens San Rafael mine in Mexico

Mexico's main mining union had been in talks for months to end a dispute that had forced the mine's closure.

January 21, 2022

Vale expects to pay $1.65 billion in Brumadinho reparations in 2022

The amount does not include the figure the company will spend on individual compensations, which are being negotiated.

January 20, 2022

Copper majors are taking another look at Argentina, McEwen says

Argentina, where interventionist policies have held back the industry, is becoming a more attractive setting for foreign investors, at least in some of its mineral-rich provinces.