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.

October 31, 2019

Recycled lithium batteries market to hit $6 billion by 2030 — report

Circular Energy Storage predicts the world will generate around 1.2 million tonnes of battery waste per year by 2030.

October 31, 2019

Wealth Minerals granted access rights to Valsequillo silver project in Mexico

The Vancouver-based miner can acquire a 100% interest in the property by paying $6 million to the vendors.

October 31, 2019

A tenth of the world’s tailing dams have had stability issues

This is one of the conclusions from a global inquiry launched after the collapse of a dam in Brazil that killed hundreds.

October 30, 2019

Pace of investments in Mexico’s mining sector seen slowing

Investor confidence in Mexico, Latin America's second largest economy, has been shaken by some policy moves under President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

October 30, 2019

Mining’s unlikely heroines – Greta Thunberg and AOC

Exponential expansion of global mining is the dirty little secret and glaring blind spot of Green New Deal evangelists and zero-carbon climate warriors

October 30, 2019

Pan American Silver reports high-grade results from La Colorada

Shares of Pan American Silver were up more than 3% at midday during Wednesday's trading session.

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 […]