June 10, 2021 ‘People have awakened’: Peru’s Castillo closes in on election win Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru's presidential election on Thursday, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 votes over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori.
June 10, 2021 CHART: Top miners leave money on the table amid copper price rally Copper output from biggest producers disappoints with one glaring exception – Freeport McMoRan going underground at Grasberg.
June 10, 2021 Vale ordered to pay $26 million to families of Brumadinho victims The disaster killed 270 people but the court action only benefits the families of 131 workers directly hired by Vale.
June 10, 2021 Albemarle to boost extraction in search for green growth The US company is introducing a way of extracting more of the lithium that’s normally captured in salts, thereby lifting yields to 80-85% from 50-55%.
June 10, 2021 Copper riches are in cross-hairs of Chile presidential hopeful Daniel Jadue, the current front-runner in polls for November’s elections in Chile, wants to align mining rules with Peru, Argentina and Bolivia so they don’t compete for investments.
June 10, 2021 Nature-related financial risk opens new can of worms for miners Verisk Maplecroft believes that funds and international creditors have an opportunity to drive conservation improvements by tying finance to ESG milestones.
June 9, 2021 Vale’s decomissioned Brazil dam at risk of collapse, labor body says Engineers and technicians told the auditors that the tailings at Xingu had not been properly drained.
June 9, 2021 Neo Lithium more than doubles 3Q project’s high-grade zone resources The resource is "strategically important" because it requires smaller evaporation ponds to put the project into production, the company says.
June 9, 2021 Iron ore price jumps as Chinese inventory drops to the lowest since February Shipments from Rio Tinto were seen declining, while Vale has interrupted production at two mines over safety concerns, reducing its output by 40,000 tonnes a day.
June 9, 2021 Politics set to keep a lid on investments in Peru There are signs that Peru’s likely next president will be less of an enemy to mining than first feared.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
