January 15, 2021

Iron ore price hits fresh 9-and-half year high

Iron ore prices are already up 8% in 2021 after customs data showed Chinese imports hitting a record high of 1.2 billion tonnes.

January 15, 2021

Aura Minerals sees up to 42% production growth in 2021

Company expects production to reach between 250,000 and 290,000 GEOs for the year.

January 15, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Judge denies Native American bid to block Rio Tinto’s copper project; Rhodium price roars above $20,000 in precious metals’ biggest rally; Rio Tinto to open North America’s first scandium plant…

January 15, 2021

Inside SQM’s struggle to win over indigenous communities in Chile’s Atacama

Native communities that ring the Atacama worry that mining may be depleting scarce freshwater and lithium-rich brine, reducing its availability for people and wildlife.

January 14, 2021

Codelco to ratchet up precautionary measures as covid-19 cases rise

The measures, which include a reduction in personnel, come several months after the miner had resumed normal operations.

January 14, 2021

BHP operating normally at Cerro Colorado after court loss

Operations continue at the copper mine after the country's Supreme Court upheld local indigenous communities' complaint about the project's water use.

January 14, 2021

Barrick quarterly output gets boost from Dominican Republic mine

Output at the Pueblo Viejo gold mine rose 23% to 159,000 ounces of gold.

January 14, 2021

Lithium Chile allowed back to Laguna Blanca project

Covid-19 restrictions in Chile hindered the miner’s ability to continue exploring the project.

January 13, 2021

Appian CEO on principles for mining investment

The commodities market is witnessing the sharpest rally in more than a decade.

January 13, 2021

Gran Colombia’s Segovia continues to deliver with over 220,000 oz gold in 2020

In 2019, the company produced a total of 239,991 oz gold, including 214,241 oz of gold from Segovia.