October 30, 2019

Peru lets Southern Copper keep building $1.4bn Tia Maria mine

The miner, a unit of Grupo Mexico, has sought to build the mine for nearly a decade, but opposition from locals fearing pollution and loss of water supply has thwarted…

October 29, 2019

ABB commissions six gearless mill drives at Cobre Panama

Commercial production of copper now underway at large open pit Cobre Panama mine. Technology leader ABB has deployed six ABB gearless mill drives at […]

October 29, 2019

BHP says Escondida copper mine in Chile operating at ‘reduced rate’

UJnion workers walked off the job for part of the day on Tuesday in solidarity with the anti-government protest movement across Chile.

October 29, 2019

SolGold strikes again in Ecuador’s Andean copper belt

The miner says improvements in copper and gold recoveries at its Alpala deposit in Ecuador could add $8.7bn of revenue over the planned mine life.

October 28, 2019

Argentina’s President-elect Fernandez a boon for miners, despite expected protectionism

He has vowed to revisit the country’s controversial glacier protection law, and said his team is working on clear rules for the natural resources sector.

October 28, 2019

Stung by sliding prices, lithium industry pares back expansions

Albemarle, SQM and other lithium producers have been scaling back expansion plans as near-term oversupply concerns drag on prices.

October 28, 2019

Ecuador moving from explorers’ hotspot to copper exporter with first cargo

Mirador mine, in the southeastern Zamora-Chinchipe province, has copper reserves estimated 3.2 million tonnes.

October 27, 2019

Mexican governors reject cuts to mining fund

The Senate reallocated the resources in the fund from communities surrounding mining operations to the Public Education Secretariat.

October 25, 2019

BHP and Vale’s Samarco licensed to restart operations

The news comes four years after the company's tailings dam burst at Germano in Brazil's worst environmental disaster.

October 25, 2019

Vale CEO says not yet time to resume dividends

The company struggles to restore production lost after regulators demanded that it shut down a series of other dams for safety reasons.