November 8, 2021

Chile cuts forecast for mining investments to $69 billion through 2030

Some 27.8% of the pipeline's value will be focused on state-owned miners Codelco and Enami.

November 8, 2021

Eramet relaunches lithium project in Argentina with China’s Tsingshan

The agreement with Tsingshan covers the construction of a lithium processing plant from the first quarter of 2022.

November 8, 2021

Sumitomo doubles annual profit forecast on surging metal prices

Sumitomo has raised its copper price forecast to $9,071 a tonne for the year from its May estimate of $7,800.

November 5, 2021

Copper giants safe in our hands, Chile leftist’s campaign says

Mining heavyweights such as BHP and Anglo American have nothing to fear if former student protest leader Gabriel Boric becomes Chile’s next president, according to one of his top advisers.

November 5, 2021

Antamina CEO seeks ‘common ground’ after protests

Protests against miners in Peru, the world's No. 2 copper producer, have escalated in recent weeks.

November 5, 2021

Vale cashes in on fertilizer boom with $1.3 billion Mosaic stock sale

Brazilian iron ore giant thinks it’s time to cash in on the global fertilizer boom.

November 5, 2021

Minera Alamos pours first gold at Santana mine in Mexico

Gold was recovered from material stacked during summer and intended primarily to commission the carbon recovery plant and related systems.

November 4, 2021

A squeeze on lithium has top producer ‘going as fast as we can’

Albemarle plans to start sales from a new plant in Chile early 2022 and from an expansion in Western Australia around the middle of the year.

November 4, 2021

RANKED: Top 10 mines with world’s most valuable ore

In mining, grade is king.

November 4, 2021

Sherritt plans to expand Cuban nickel mine

The plan calls for a multi-phased approach, and work will include a new slurry preparation plant and expansion of other circuits at the mill.