December 21, 2020

Lundin’s Chapada back in full production

Company withdrew its 2020 guidance for the mine in northern Brazil in September, after a power outage caused damage to all four of the operation’s SAG and ball mill motors.

December 21, 2020

First Quantum names Tristan Pascall COO

Long-time president Clive Newall will step back from an executive role but remain as a director.

December 21, 2020

Vale gets license to start work at Capanema

Project will add net capacity of 14 million tonnes per year at the Timbopeba site.

December 20, 2020

Illegal mining, drugs fund thousands of criminals operating in Venezuela

The head of the Colombian military said that almost 1,500 members of organized crime groups are now operating from Venezuela.

December 20, 2020

US court rules farmers’ case against Newmont must be heard in Peru

NGO EarthRights International says the decision fails to acknowledge corruption is rampant in the Peruvian court system.

December 20, 2020

Landslide at Vale mine in Brazil kills person near location of 2019 dam disaster

Vale said it was cooperating with authorities in finding the cause of the landslide.

December 18, 2020

Alternative financing models for mining – report

Fieldfisher’s 2020 report includes commentary on ESG – the growth of green loans and sustainability linked loans in the resources sector.

December 18, 2020

Yamana Gold lowers risk at Agua Rica in Argentina

Moving forward, the copper, gold, silver project will be known as the MARA Project.

December 18, 2020

Iron ore price leaps to highest since 2011

Iron ore prices surged again Friday amid trading spikes Chinese steelmakers have called “unreasonable” and “abnormal.”

December 18, 2020

Endeavour Silver sells El Cubo mine to VanGold for $15m

Upon completion, Endeavour would become the largest shareholder in VanGold Mining.