January 30, 2020

MMG suspends shipments from Las Bambas copper mine in Peru

The preventive measure seeks to protect trucks to and from the mine amid fresh protests against alleged pollution.

January 29, 2020

Fresnillo annual output falls on Noche Buena mine closure, lower grade ore

Gold output from the Noche Buena mine decreased 23.9% in the year.

January 29, 2020

Plata Latina options three Mexican properties

The Vancouver-based miner entered a deal with The Electrum Group.

January 29, 2020

Santacruz Silver achieves record production

The Vancouver-based company increased production by 346%.

January 29, 2020

Equinox-Leagold merger approved, creates $1.75bn gold miner

The new company, which will keep the Equinox name, will be one of the world’s top gold producers operating entirely in the Americas.

January 28, 2020

Coal miner Cerrejon starts negotiations with two unions in Colombia

The negotiations with unions will take place over a 20-day period ending February 15.

January 28, 2020

Condor gets extension to meet environmental conditions for La India

It now has until the end of July 2021 to meet the requirements before the 2,800 tonnes of ore per day gold mine can be built.

January 26, 2020

Worst drought in years pushes Anglo to sign water deal with Codelco

Water scarcity was blamed for Los Bronces' production drop in 2019.

January 26, 2020

Vale raises emergency watch level for its Gongo Soco mine dam after heavy rain

The dam is safe and secure, Vale said, but had been on Level 1 watch due to its proximity to the Sul Superior dam, which remains at Level 3.

January 24, 2020

One year after Vale’s Brazilian dam burst, burying Brumadinho

One year ago, a Brazilian dam operated by Vale gave way to a tsunami of 9.7 million cubic meters of mining sludge that buried part of a town and killed…