January 29, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Northern Dynasty stock surges as it releases Pebble appeal details; Lucara strikes again with 378 carat diamond at Karowe; Two years after Brumadinho, still no convictions
January 29, 2021 Vale extends settlement talks over mining disaster for 15 days The parties have more time to reach a settlement over the 2019 Brumadinho disaster that killed some 270 people.
January 29, 2021 Mining the Amazon brings low returns for local communities – study The Amazon currently has more than 4,470 illegal mining sites.
January 29, 2021 Brazil mining agency to hire more inspectors, allowing annual checks on all tailings dams Minas Gerais state, home to Brumadinho, has only one inspector to inspect 364 dams.
January 29, 2021 Peru to allow mining during new coronavirus lockdown The government said on Thursday that mining, as well as fishing and construction, would be allowed to continue during the period from January 31 to February 14.
January 29, 2021 BHP and Vale’s Samarco hit with nearly $1 billion suit Noteholders accuse the miner of ignoring their requests to restructure their debt.
January 28, 2021 RANKED: World’s top 10 gold projects The world's biggest gold deposit –Pebble mine project in Alaska – just got a lifeline.
January 28, 2021 Chile increases estimate of 2021 average copper price to $3.3/lb In November, Colchilco forecast a price of $2.90 for 2021.
January 28, 2021 LME stocks shock sends zinc price reeling Stocks of the galvanising metal surged to a three-year high of 294,500 tonnes this week thanks to the “arrival” of 106,000 tonnes in the space of just two days.
January 28, 2021 Max Resource expands landholdings in Colombia by 300% The Vancouver-based miner acquired 2,000 square-kilometres of highly prospective areas for copper-silver mineralization in northeastern Colombia.
Silver price suffers biggest loss since 2021, gold price falls from record Earlier, spot prices had soared to as high as $83.63 per ounce. December 29, 2025 | 08:54 am
