November 5, 2019

Veolia chosen to advance Mexican lithium project

Different from most of the world’s lithium which is produced from hard rock mines in Australia or from brines in South America, the lithium at Sonora is mined from clay.

November 5, 2019

Brazil’s Samarco expected to resume $4 billion debt restructuring talks

The venture last month won permission to resume operations at its Germano iron ore mine, four years after a dam burst in the city of Mariana.

November 5, 2019

Vale CEO received anonymous email warning ahead of Brazil dam disaster — congress report

Like an earlier Senate probe, the report from the Brazilian lower house suggested the indictment of various Vale executives.

November 5, 2019

Newmont Goldcorp profit misses on higher costs, cuts production target

The blockade hit Penasquito's third-quarter production by some 11,000 gold ounces, 1.7 million silver ounces, 13.7 million pounds of lead and 22.8 million pounds of zinc,

November 5, 2019

Camino intensifies fieldwork at Chapitos project in Peru

The Edmonton-based company is now focusing on the Atajo zone.

November 4, 2019

Bolivia walks away from lithium project with German company

Germany's ACISA, which employs just 20 people, was created solely to focus on building the now botched lithium mine in the Salar de Uyuni.

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.