January 21, 2020 Ex-Vale CEO charged with homicide for Brazil dam disaster Fabio Schvartsman is the highest-profile executive facing criminal charges for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster.
January 21, 2020 Updated PEA improves B2Gold’s Gramalote economics The study projects a preproduction capex of $901 million for the open-pit project.
January 21, 2020 Global output drop fails to disperse aluminium gloom Global aluminium production fell by 1.0% last year in its first annual contraction since 2009.
January 21, 2020 Brazil to announce new charges against Vale for mine disaster The announcement comes almost a year after the incident.
January 21, 2020 Gold Fields taps RBC for potential sale of stake in Chilean gold project The South African miner could sell up to a a 30% interest in its Salares Norte gold project.
January 21, 2020 Gran Colombia’s Marmato project to become stand-alone company Caldas Gold, the new miner’s name, will initially have the same executive team as the parent company, but the project team will be different.
January 20, 2020 Five iron ore trends to watch in 2020 – report Vale could once again be the biggest swing factor for iron ore, but this time in the opposite direction.
January 20, 2020 BHP sees little impact from Chile unrest BHP hits record throughput at 1.2mt Escondida mine, expects full year stoppages related to political upheaval in the country would only cost 7,000 tonnes.
January 20, 2020 Trade war has copper prices artificially low, Chile minister says A resolution to the trade dispute may prompt buyers including China to rebuild their stockpiles, helping fuel the rebound in prices, Mining Minister Baldo Prokurica said.
January 19, 2020 Chilean Mining Commission to investigate insurance fraud denounced by Codelco The world’s top copper producer says four of its unions were victims of inflated policy prices.
Op-ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
