November 22, 2020 Politician supporting Pan American Silver’s Argentina project in hot water over anti-mining comments The governor of Chubut is being blasted on social media for changing his mind over mining in the province.
November 22, 2020 Workers at Lundin’s Candelaria mine in Chile accept new agreement The Candelaria AOS Union accepted the last formal offer but the smaller Candelaria Mine Workers Union did not.
November 20, 2020 Union at Antofagasta’s Centinela preparing to vote for strike Union chief says contract offer will likely be rejected.
November 20, 2020 Copper price soars to highest since 2014 on vaccine hopes As coronavirus infections surge worldwide, fears of further near-term supply disruptions are also fueling gains.
November 20, 2020 Biden easing up on Cuba would boost Canadian miner, CEO says Sherritt was pushed to the brink during Trump’s tenure; its market value sunk to a record $22.8 million in March.
November 19, 2020 Sierra Metals stock up on Yauricocha PEA Early-stage study on an expansion of the mine in Peru suggests a throughput increase to 5,500 t/d, up from 3,150 t/d currently.
November 19, 2020 SQM pulls trigger on lithium growth in volume-over-price bet Company is moving ahead with plans to more than double capacity in a bet that accelerating electric-vehicle demand will tighten a currently oversupplied market for the battery metal.
November 18, 2020 EV Metal Index rockets to record high on cobalt, nickel price, use Booming global electric car sales and growth in battery capacity lift MINING.COM EV Metal Index to monthly record and wipe out 2020 pandemic losses.
November 18, 2020 World’s no. 2 copper producer hits the hard part of its recovery Peru bounced back from hard lockdowns to post double-digit output growth mid year, but the next stage of its recovery is proving slower.
November 18, 2020 Brazilian state affected by Vale dam burst rejects $4bn offer Minas Gerais’ Secretary General said the state opposed both the amount and some of the terms offered by Vale.
China’s steel exports, iron ore imports hit record highs Some exporters rushed to ramp up shipments before January on fears that the export licence requirement might impact shipments, analysts said. January 14, 2026 | 07:09 am
