December 18, 2019

FEATURE: Brazil zinc giant growth ambitions undiminished

MINING.COM catches up with Brazilian zinc miner Nexa Resources two years after its $500m IPO about its expansion drive and company overhaul.

December 18, 2019

Gold Field’s Salares Norte project in Chile granted environmental permit

The construction decision is expected during the first half of 2020.

December 17, 2019

Barrick to start Pueblo Viejo mine’s power plant conversion in early 2020

The upgrade aims at lowering greenhouse gas emissions and cutting costs.

December 17, 2019

Condor Gold sells one of its concessions in Nicaragua to focus on La India

Potrerillos is adjacent to Mako Mining's San Albino gold project, which includes the former namesake mine.

December 17, 2019

Amarillo submits final permit application for Mara Rosa project

The miner expects to start construction in early 2020.

December 16, 2019

Canada’s Equinox Gold buys smaller rival Leagold in $578 million deal

Deal adds Leagold's four mines in Mexico and Brazil to Equinox’s two mines in California, US, and one in Brazil.

December 15, 2019

Crisis is rocking Latin America. Peru is an island of uneasy calm

Farmers in the Rio Tambo area feel betrayed by Peru’s president after his government gave final approval to Southern Copper Corp.’s Tia Maria project.

December 15, 2019

Peru creates new conservation area to protect glaciers from extractive operations

The Ausangate Regional Conservation Area is located in the Cusco region whose governor will ask for mining concessions to be revoked.

December 14, 2019

Brazil Vale dam near site of January disaster has ‘cracks’ -TV station

Brazil's TV program "Jornal da Band" obtained a report regarding the B-5 dam from prosecutors in the state of Minas Gerais through a freedom of information request.

December 13, 2019

Bearish outlook for metal prices for 2020 — report

But demand for lithium and cobalt is set to improve next year.