March 8, 2021

Codelco expects $2.8 billion profit this year

Last year's profit at the state-run company was about $2.1 billion, before taxes and extraordinary items.

March 5, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners; Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach new Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan deal; Copper price crashes through $4.00, down 7%.

March 5, 2021

Upstream tailings dams pose much higher stability risks, study finds

Some 10% of all the facilities surveyed had reported a stability issue, but that figure jumped to 18.3% for active upstream facilities.

March 4, 2021

Albemarle slams Chile over ‘unjust’ withholding of Atacama study

The lithium miner is appealing the government's decision and demanding the report be made public immediately.

March 4, 2021

Battery grade lithium prices in China surge 68%

"Three years of falling lithium prices failed to incentivise sufficient investment into supply chains, leading to greater risks of price volatility as battery demand ramps up."

March 4, 2021

SQM plans to propose major lithium hydroxide expansion, CEO says

Company said lithium sales volumes in Q4 jumped 50% from the previous quarter, hitting a three-month record of more than 25,000 tonnes.

March 4, 2021

Hostility to Beijing drives Chinese gold diggers into new territory

Chinese gold mining companies are on a buying spree in West Africa and South America, outbidding rivals for assets in less familiar regions.

March 4, 2021

Mali, Emirates facilitated Venezuelan gold trade in 2020, opposition says

Opposition leader says that the gold was refined in Mali and then resold primarily in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow for Maduro's administration to obtain the equivalent of…

March 4, 2021

Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners

Resource nationalism has been on the rise over the past year, but Verisk Maplecroft believes the worst is yet to come for miners as governments try to claw back the…

March 3, 2021

Codelco to allow teleworking in post-coronavirus ‘cultural change’

The company had sent some 2,700 employees home to work remotely.