November 30, 2021

Chile Senate advances talks over mining royalty bill

The Senate approved by 18 votes in favor, versus 16 against, to continue making modifications to the bill.

November 30, 2021

Large gold miners contributed $38bn in GDP to local economies in 2020 — report

In 2020, WGC members made significant contributions to local economies.

November 30, 2021

Discovery Silver PEA for Cordero demonstrates potential Tier 1 asset with $1.2bn NPV

Cordero is considered to be one of the world’s largest undeveloped silver resources.

November 30, 2021

Hochschild to buy Amarillo Gold for control of Posse project in Brazil

New SpinCo to hold the Lavras do Sul project, and NSRs on certain Amarillo exploration rights.

November 30, 2021

Capstone Mining, Mantos Copper to merge

The new miner, Capstone Copper, will have a combined 2021 production base of more than 175,000 tonnes and 4.9m tonnes in reserves.

November 29, 2021

Vale lowers production guidance in boost to iron ore rebound

It now expects to produce 315-320 million tonnes this year, compared with previous guidance of 315-335 million tonnes.

November 29, 2021

Vale sees spinoff hope in tapping waste for building materials

Vale is starting to extract sand from material left over from iron ore processing to supply civil construction projects in Brazil.

November 29, 2021

Russian state-controlled firm enters lithium project in Argentina

Uranium One will buy a 15% stake in Alpha One Lithium, which owns the Tolillar lithium deposit in Argentina.

November 28, 2021

Interactive map, report show socio-environmental impacts of energy transition

A new interactive map and report present the social and environmental impacts of mining for lithium, copper, nickel, and graphite in the Americas.

November 26, 2021

RANKED: World’s top 10 biggest mines by tonnes of ore mined

The amount of tonnes extracted from the earth in a day can be vast at the world's largest mines.