January 8, 2021 Chile threatens legal action to get Albemarle to disclose lithium reserves Chilean regulators have threatened company with legal action, demanding the world´s top lithium miner present a plan for turning over data on its reserves.
January 7, 2021 Copper, iron ore price rally adds $250bn to top 50 mining companies The world’s 50 most valuable mining companies jumps to a new record high of $1.3 trillion by year’s end.
January 6, 2021 Brazil state eyes $5.3bn Vale deal after dam burst State and Vale officials will meet on Thursday, when it is expected talks on compensation will begin.
January 6, 2021 Copper price hits new high as covid cases sweep South America A second wave of coronavirus infections intensifies in South America, the world's top copper-producing region.
January 6, 2021 Protest blocks $530m worth of copper from Las Bambas A three-week-long roadblock protest by locals has prevented mine from exporting 189,000 tonnes of copper concentrate.
January 6, 2021 Rhyolite encouraged by exploration results at Suriname gold project The Brothers project is located 45 kilometers south of Newmont’s Merian mine.
January 6, 2021 Bear Creek raising C$30M in bought deal The net proceeds of the offering are expected to be used for ongoing development work at the company’s flagship Corani silver-lead-zinc project in southern Peru.
January 5, 2021 Codelco okays $1.4bn plan to expand Salvador mine It will convert Salvador, in operation since 1959, from an underground copper mine to an open-pit.
January 5, 2021 Intercontinental ships first zinc-silver concentrate from Bolivia The initial shipment added up to 420 tonnes of zinc-silver concentrate.
January 4, 2021 SilverCrest secures $120m facility for Las Chispas The financing is intended to fund the construction of the proposed 1,250 tonne per day underground project.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
