September 18, 2020 Chile court orders “total and definitive” closure of Barrick’s Pascua-Lama The giant gold-silver project had been shut since 2013 over environmental concerns.
September 18, 2020 Teck mine in Chile switches to renewable energy Company has signed an agreement that will provide its Carmen de Andacollo copper operation with 100% renewable power, eliminating 200,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
September 18, 2020 Magna tables PFS with ‘base-case’ plan for San Francisco gold mine Study suggests a 16,875 t/d heap-leach operation, using existing processing capacity, generating an average of 69,000 gold oz. per year between 2021 and 2027 at AISCs of $1,204 per oz.
September 17, 2020 ‘Nobody has done anything’: Amazon indigenous group decries illegal mining Indigenous leaders say they have tried to expel those mining on the land, even as government officials have said there is indigenous interest in mining going ahead.
September 17, 2020 Iron ore price rally turns into rout Iron ore price falls 6% since Monday as supply concerns ease and port inventories climb.
September 17, 2020 Southern Silver acquires Cerro Las Minitas project in Mexico The acquisition provides the miner with a 150% increase in attributable resources.
September 17, 2020 Cerrado Gold to combine geoscience, machine learning at Minera Don Nicolás project The miner engaged GoldSpot Discoveries to clean, unify and analyze data to target exploration.
September 16, 2020 Restoration after 2015 Brazil dam burst behind schedule – UN expert None of 42 projects is on track, says the UN, alleging that miners had failed to provide effective reparations since Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
September 16, 2020 SolGold kicks off drilling at Porvenir Initial work indicates a sequential vein development similar to the Alpala deposit.
September 16, 2020 First Quantum stock surges – expects no more covid disruptions The Cobre Panama mine, which was shut in early April by order of Panama's health ministry, has not had any covid-19 cases on site since May.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
