June 2, 2021 BHP to spend up to $93 million under Chilean environmental court agreement The lawsuit related to BHP's Escondida copper mine, the world's biggest, and the agreement involves the payment of compensation for environmental damage due to overdrawing water from the Punta Negra…
June 2, 2021 120 year chart shows copper price supercycle only starting First, in real terms the copper price is nowhere near a record high. And the 2000s China-induced supercycle wasn’t the first to originate in Asia either.
June 2, 2021 Boroo completes acquisition of Lagunas Norte mine in Peru Barrick put the open pit mine on care and maintenance in 2019, but production continued from the heap leach.
June 2, 2021 Chile’s Codelco, Escondida copper mines saw production drops in April Codelco copper mine's production fell 0.5% year on year to 132,700 tonnes in April.
June 2, 2021 Mexico now ready to welcome private lithium miners Mexico is home to large potential reserves of lithium but most of it is in hard-to-tap clay deposits that are costly and technically difficult to mine.
June 2, 2021 SolGold and Cornerstone pull together to advance Cascabel project in Ecuador The deal, which ends a two-year standoff between the parties, will explore financing options for the mine.
June 2, 2021 Sigma joining lithium top tier after doubling Brazil project capacity Sigma Lithium's expansion plans for its Grota do Cirilo spodumene project would rank it global no. 6 once in production in under 3 years.
June 1, 2021 Peru’s Castillo has copper tax deals in his sights; Chinese firms at risk Peru's presidential front-runner is taking aim at copper mining firms' coveted tax stability agreements that freeze tariffs, and the plan could have an outsized impact on Chinese miners.
June 1, 2021 BHP says Chile’s copper operations ‘normal’ despite strike The 200-member union walked off the job last Thursday.
June 1, 2021 Vale Verde completes Serrote copper mine build The Serrote copper-gold development will produce 22,000 tonnes per year copper-equivalent over an initial 14-year mine life.
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