January 11, 2021 Samarco starts iron ore shipments to Europe BHP and Vale controlled company started on Monday its first shipment since Fundão dam tragedy.
January 10, 2021 Canadian company’s exploration rights in Peru hanging by a thread After granting exploration mineral rights to a subsidiary of Tesoro Minerals, Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines is revisiting its decision.
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.
Japanese copper smelters still in talks for 2026 charges with miners Fees paid by miners to turn concentrate into refined metal have come under pressure as global smelting capacity expands faster than mined supply. January 22, 2026 | 07:16 am
