November 28, 2019 Oz Minerals to kick off construction at $35 million mine in Brazil after series of Vale deals Pedra Branca underground mine is expected to have an annual production of about 18,000 tonnes of copper and 11,000 ounces of gold over an eight-year mine life.
November 27, 2019 First Quantum may team up with Rio Tinto to develop Peru copper mine First Quantum owns the Haquira deposit in southern Peru and Rio owns the La Granja porphyry copper project in the South American country.
November 27, 2019 Orestone kicks off exploration campaign in Chile Through its subsidiary, Cerro Golpe de Rayo, the Canadian miner will start exploring the Resguardo property.
November 27, 2019 Aurania finds evidence of highly sought-after lost gold city in Ecuador Company geologists found vestiges of an old road in the central part of its Lost Cities-Cutucu project.
November 26, 2019 Vale sees $1.6 billion impairment charge for Q4 in New Caledonia write down Vale said its annual assets review of its base metals and coal business is still underway and further impairments charges that would also impact fiscal year 2019 cannot be ruled…
November 26, 2019 Ecuador to tighten rules for mining waste dams to avoid repeat of Brazil disaster The new rules will take effect in December and will prohibit the building of so-called tailings dams close to populated areas.
November 26, 2019 Friedland says Congo now more attractive than Chile for copper mines While Chile, the world’s top copper producer, seeks measures to quell the social unrest that exploded last month, the election of a new President in Congo has improved the country's…
November 26, 2019 Austral Gold to become sole owner of Casposo mine in Argentina The Sydney-based company acquired the remaining 30% interest in the silver-gold mine located in the San Juan province.
November 25, 2019 Despite the talk of coal’s demise, it still powers the world For all the talk of ditching fossil fuels to fight climate change, coal remains king in much of the world.
November 25, 2019 BHP becomes Ecuador-focused SolGold’s largest shareholder Australia's largest gold producer Newcrest Mining was, until now, SolGold’s largest shareholder.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
