November 18, 2019

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon hits “highest level in a decade”

Areas where trees have been removed soared 29.5% to 9,762 square km in the year to July 30, 2019 at a pace equivalent to about two soccer fields a minute…

November 18, 2019

Aurania continues to advance Lost Cities – Cutucu project

The Toronto-based miner intersected vein textures that are typical of epithermal gold-silver systems.

November 18, 2019

Lundin kicks off production at Fruta del Norte mine in Ecuador

First export of gold concentrate and doré is expected by mid-December.

November 17, 2019

Artisanal gold mining polluting Peruvian biodiversity hotspot -study

NASA LandSat images revealed that the Madre de Dios River watershed has up to 10 times the normal suspended sediment concentrations.

November 15, 2019

Gold: Production and capital raising up, operating income down – Q2 2019

MINING.COM analysed the effect of the gold price on the gold mining industry using data from sister company Mining Intelligence’s proprietary Data Application.

November 15, 2019

Argentina’s lithium producers hopeful as Fernandez set to take power

The last Peronist president, Cristina Kirchner, imposed strict standards for several industries, including lithium.

November 15, 2019

Eramet CEO says plans FID on Argentina lithium project in Q1 2020

Eramet earlier predicted the FID would be made at the earliest in the fourth quarter of this year, but the decision has been slightly delayed due to the change in…

November 15, 2019

Global public consultation launched on tailings dam standards

The initiative aims to prevent a repeat of Vale's tailings dam burst in January, which killed 300 people.

November 14, 2019

Lundin Gold granted key permits to begin production at massive Ecuador project

The Canadian miner inaugurated its Fruta del Norte gold mine in the Ecuadorean Amazon on Thursday.

November 14, 2019

Goldsource expands drill results at Guyanese gold project

The Canadian miner reported that drill results have expanded the Salbora deposit to a high-grade footprint of 600 metres long by 10 to 150 metres wide.