November 4, 2019 Codelco awards tender for desalination plant to Japan’s Marubeni Codelco said that it expected work on the plant to kick off in the first quarter of 2020 and for the plant to be operational in 2022.
November 4, 2019 Antofagasta cuts expected copper output further due to Chile’s protests While its four local mines are back in operation, the company has doubled it expected production loss for 2019 to about 10,000 tonnes.
November 3, 2019 Vale to open shuttered Alegria mine, starting to restore lost output Operations at the site were interrupted last March after a "stress test" failed to guarantee its stability.
November 3, 2019 Fresnillo’s subsidiary granted disputed land in Sonora A piece of land that surrounds the Soledad-Dipolo open-pit gold mine has been at the centre of a decade-long legal dispute.
November 1, 2019 Columbus Gold makes high-grade discovery in French Guiana The Maripa project adjoins to the south the Boulanger project being developed by Reunion Gold, where a recent high-grade gold discovery was reported.
November 1, 2019 Lithium Chile’s drilling program on track despite protests The Calgary-based miner submitted an exploration drilling notice of work for its Turi project.
November 1, 2019 BHP earmarks $44 million for Samarco reopening four years after dam burst Investment approval comes four years after a deadly dam collapse that killed 19 people and became the worst environmental disaster in the country’s history.
October 31, 2019 Newmont’s Quecher project at Yanacocha achieves commercial production Yanacocha began commercial production in 1993 and has since produced more than 38 million ounces of gold.
October 31, 2019 Guyana Goldfields to miss guidance, stock falls to lowest since 2008 A mine plan review is underway, with results expected in Q1 2010.
October 31, 2019 Vale triggers emergency protocol at Ouro Preto dam Three other nearby dams, Forquilha I, II and III, have already been halted because of what the regulator deems as a "Level 2" emergency.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
