April 29, 2021

Ero Copper reports new copper zone below Vermelhos mine in Brazil

The new discovery, named the Novo zone, was found about 200 metres below the existing infrastructure of the Vermelhos mine.

April 29, 2021

Copper price tops $10,000 a tonne for first time in ten years

Economies reopening coupled with massive stimulus, faster-than-expected vaccine rollouts, and supportive fundamentals all point to even higher prices, said ING Bank.

April 29, 2021

Newmont shares drop on covid-19 hits in South America, Canada

World's top gold producer warned of production impact in Argentina and Peru, idles Ontario mine.

April 29, 2021

Glencore’s board approves pay package for Nagle

74% of the company's shareholders supported the compensation plan for Nagle of up to $6.4 million in any one year.

April 29, 2021

Condor Gold completes drilling at La India pits

Miner now has the complete dataset for the Northern Starter Pit and for the first six drill holes in the Southern Starter Pit.

April 28, 2021

First Quantum reports Q1, record Cobre Panama production

Copper output was 82,042 tonnes, a jump of 46% from the same quarter a year earlier.

April 28, 2021

Interview — Tom McCulley, CEO Anglo American Peru: “Quellaveco will meet international standards for tailing disposal from day one”

First production at Quellaveco project in Peru, which has the capacity to generate 300,000 tonnes of copper annually in its first 10 years of operation, is expected in 2022.

April 28, 2021

Deep-sea mining robot lost on cobalt-rich floor of Pacific

The GSR robot had been operating at a depth of 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.

April 28, 2021

Interview – Tom Butler, former ICMM CEO: Holistic approach needed to minimize risk at tailings dams

The next big piece of work on tailings is the implementation guidance, said former International Council on Mining and Metals chief executive.

April 28, 2021

Interview – Adam Matthews, Church of England Pensions Board: “In five years you will see a very different landscape in tailings management”

The Global Tailings Review (GTR) released last year the first-ever Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management, aimed at strengthening current best practices around tailings dams in the mining sector.