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.
October 25, 2019 ABB mill drives accelerate copper ore extraction at Mina de Cobre in Panama Project owner First Quantum Minerals announced that first copper ore extraction will take place ahead of schedule.
October 24, 2019 Vale earnings miss, says to shut 3 more dams Vale's net profit rose to $1.654 billion from $1.408 billion in the year-ago period, missing the $2.72 billion mean of analysts polled by Refinitiv.
October 24, 2019 Teck to lay off workers, cut spending as US-China trade war weighs on profit Canada’s largest diversified miner will continue to forge ahead with its key Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 project in Chile.
October 23, 2019 MAPPED: Top gold drill results – August 2019 A trend towards exploration of advanced projects, rather than greenfield opportunities, returned in August.
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
