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.

May 31, 2021

Balancing risk and reward in South America

South America, a continent that offers sweet mineral riches sometimes serves them up with a sour side-dish of political risk.