February 10, 2020

Top lithium miner seeks to monitor water scarcity in parched Chile salt flat

A Chilean judge sided with local indigenous communities and knocked back an environmental remediation plan from SQM in December.

February 10, 2020

Chile’s copper output down in 2019 on declining grades

Codelco contributed the most to the fall, producing 44,000 tonnes less than in 2018.

February 10, 2020

International Lithium grows Mariana project resource by 253%

The Vancouver-based miner just received a technical report from strategic partner Ganfeng Lithium Co.

February 9, 2020

Mexican mineworkers march against Americas Gold and Silver Corp.

The Canadian miner rejects the protest action and deems illegal a blockade at its San Rafael mine in Sinaloa.

February 7, 2020

Honbridge’s SAM confident $2bn Brazil iron mine will go ahead

With a capacity of 27.5 million tonnes per year, the project is expected to be built in Minas Gerais.

February 7, 2020

Mitsubishi grabs 30% of Mantoverde copper mine

MMC has actively been seeking to participate in high-quality copper projects to secure concentrate for its copper smelters.

February 7, 2020

Codelco, BHP saw copper production rise in December

The world's top copper miner rose 1.2% versus the same period a year earlier, hitting 187,600 tonnes.

February 6, 2020

IAMGOLD updates resource estimate for Pitangui project

Estimate on Brazil project comprises indicated resource of 3.33 million tonnes grading 4.39 grams per tonne gold for 0.47 million contained ounces.

February 6, 2020

Chile government approves Bearing Lithium’s EIA

This is one of the few EIAs approved in Chile in recent years.

February 6, 2020

Coronavirus hits copper trade as China asks Chile to defer cargoes

While suppliers haven’t reported any contract breaches, they have verbally agreed to delay shipments due to port shutdowns.