October 22, 2020 Protesters sit-in at Vale dam burst site, demand aid extension Roughly 150 demonstrators staged a sit-in at the Brazilian miner's administrative building in Brumadinho.
October 22, 2020 Freeport-McMoRan posts Q3 profit boosted by gold prices The average price Freeport received for its gold surged nearly 28% to 1,902 per ounce in Q3, with copper and gold sales nearly 7% higher than the company's July estimates.
October 22, 2020 Anglo American output in Q3 jumps, thanks to Collahuasi Total production climbed by 24% from Q2 on the back of continued strong performance of Collahuasi copper mine in Chile.
October 21, 2020 MAG Silver reports first production from Juanicipio Total silver production reached 394,000 ounces for the third quarter.
October 21, 2020 Fortuna pours first gold at Lindero, shares up The pour took place on Tuesday, and produced 728 ounces of gold.
October 21, 2020 RANKED: Top 10 lowest cost copper mines Canada's First Quantum Minerals boasts three mines in the Top 10 based on all-in sustaining costs reported in the second quarter.
October 21, 2020 Antofagasta keeps guidance despite copper output drop Copper production fell 4.6% in third-quarter to 169,600 tonnes, mainly due to major maintenance work at the flagship Los Pelambres mine.
October 21, 2020 Soma Gold acquires second subsidiary in Colombia Four Points, the owner and operator of the El Limón mine, will now be a subsidiary of Soma Gold.
October 21, 2020 Miners speed up automation as covid-19 impacts linger About 20% of people currently working in the mining and metals industry are at risk of being replaced by robots, says the the World Economic Forum.
October 20, 2020 Josemaria eyes production in 2026 at $3.1b mine in Argentina A 152,000-tonne-per-day open-pit mine at Josemaria would deliver an average of 136,000 tonnes of copper, 231,000 oz. of gold annually over a 19-year mine life.
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