June 24, 2021

Chile’s decades-old mining deals may hinder bid to lift copper royalties

Major foreign miners operating in the world´s largest copper producer have tax stability agreements which do not expire for two to 15 years.

June 23, 2021

Gold miners need to get greener to meet 2030 emissions targets — report

Wood Mackenzie plots the forecast progress of gold miners out to 2030 against the reduction in emissions required to align with the 2°C and 1.5°C targets.

June 23, 2021

Vizsla’s Napoleon vein hits 898 g/t silver equivalent at Panuco

Vizsla says the results allow it to trace the Napoleon vein to over 950 metres of continuous mineralization.

June 23, 2021

Brazil to ease licencing of newly listed strategic minerals projects

The government has issued a list of specific metals which production aims to boost with its new policy for strategic minerals.

June 22, 2021

Global copper mine production up 3.7% in Q1 – report

The International Copper Study Group released preliminary data for March world copper supply and demand in its June 2021 Copper Bulletin.

June 22, 2021

Equinox Gold’s Los Filos mine suspends operations over blockade

Operations at the gold mine in Mexico have been suspended, owing to illegal blockades by a group of unionised employees and community members.

June 21, 2021

RANKED: World’s top ten biggest nickel mines

The metal plays a key role in the global transition to clean energy and demand from the EV sector alone is expected to grow by 2.6Mt to 2040.

June 21, 2021

Alamos begins mining at Santana gold project in Mexico

The company is now focused on optimization of key parameters for full scale operations.

June 21, 2021

Lundin Mining shares plunge on Candelaria production cut

The open pit contains known fault zones, and the mining plan calls for production to shift below the danger zones.

June 21, 2021

GRAPHICS: What’s the plan? Corporate polluters lag on setting climate goals

More than 40 of the world's 250 biggest corporate emitters - or 16% - are only just starting to assess their emissions, report shows.