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.

September 16, 2020

Vale targets 400m tonnes of iron ore capacity per year

The company currently has the capacity to produce 318 million tonnes a year.

September 15, 2020

Ivanhoe’s Congo mine productivity peerless among copper giants

GRAPHIC: Not just massive in scale, every tonne of copper ore milled at Kamoa-Kakula will be worth $286 – 9 times richer than Escondida, 35 times Morenci.

September 15, 2020

Atlantic Nickel to invest $335 million in Brazil

Company will invest starting in 2026 to build an underground nickel sulphide mine in Brazil's Bahia state.

September 15, 2020

Lundin Gold granted permit for new Ecuador target

Initial exploration work on the drill-ready Barbasco target, about 7 km south of Fruta del Norte.

September 14, 2020

Codelco reaches contract agreement with El Teniente supervisors

The agreement that supervisors would not receive a pay rise in the coming contract was backed by 88% of the union's members.

September 14, 2020

Copper price forecast up on buoyant demand – report

Fitch has raised its average price forecast for 2021 to $6,300/tonne.

September 14, 2020

CATL to invest in Neo Lithium, help develop Argentina mine

CATL will buy more than 10 million shares of Neo Lithium, becoming the company's third-largest shareholder.