June 18, 2021

Hochschild says 27 workers killed in Peru bus accident

The bus was transporting workers from Hochschild's Pallancata operation to the city of Arequipa in the south of Peru.

June 18, 2021

Nova acquires royalty on Anglo, Glencore’s jointly owned copper project in Chile

The West Wall project is located in the same geological belt as some of South America's largest copper deposits.

June 18, 2021

Anglo commits to provide eDNA data to protect biodiversity

Anglo American has become the first mining company to subscribe to the IUCN’s eBioAtlas.

June 18, 2021

Wood Mackenzie boosts battery metals expertise with Roskill buy

The consultancy has acquired privately-owned Roskill to prop up its expertise in the metals and materials crucial for the energy transition.

June 17, 2021

MAPPED: These 25 projects will set the copper price for decades

A 6 million tonne copper supply gap will open up by the mid-2020s but projects needed to plug that gap face uphill battles.

June 17, 2021

Snapshot: Eight companies with advancing copper projects

With copper’s key role in the transition to greener forms of energy to fight climate change, companies are accelerating their work plans at copper projects around the world.

June 16, 2021

Unmanned train to allow Vale to reopen iron ore plant at Xingu dam

With the train, Timbopeba processing plant will be able to operate at least at 80% of its capacity of 33,000 tonnes of iron ore "fines" per day.

June 16, 2021

Chilean senators pause to ponder tax impacts

The senate’s mining and energy committee will hold weekly hearings on the proposed royalty through mid July.

June 16, 2021

Iron ore prices fall on increasing supply from miners

Iron ore shipments from Australia and Brazil stood at 26.14 million tonnes last week, up by 1.1 million tonnes from the week earlier, data from Mysteel consultancy showed.

June 16, 2021

Sierra Metals granted key permit for Peruvian expansion

It allows the company to boost throughput by 20% to 3,600 tonnes/day at its flagship Yauricocha copper mine.