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.
November 26, 2021 Vale indicted for environmental crimes in deadly dam disaster Both Vale and German safety auditing firm TUEV SUED were charged with several crimes against animal life, flora, water resources, and other counts of pollution.
China aluminum output at record, steel below 1 billion tons Aluminum production increased 2.4% to to 45.02 million tons, having risen every year this decade. January 19, 2026 | 09:27 am