November 19, 2019 SEC opens preliminary probe of Vale over dam tragedy The US regulator decided to proceed with the probe of the company last week after a meeting with Brazilian prosecutors.
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.
Codelco submits $1.3B plan to prolong Radomiro Tomic mine life to 2058 The proposal aims to boost the mine's capacity to an average of 725,000 tonnes per day, up from its current level of 675,000 daily tonnes. January 14, 2026 | 10:07 am