October 21, 2019 Workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine, world’s largest, to down tools Unionized miners will hold a day-long strike on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with ongoing protests over the high cost of living and extreme inequality in the country.
October 21, 2019 Nexa to open world’s second largest zinc project currently under construction in 2021 The Brazil-based company already operates five low-cost mines in South America and has become the world’s fourth largest zinc producer.
October 20, 2019 Chile’s mining sector operating normally despite riots The Mining Minister and the National Society of Mining said operations have not been affected by the massive protests against inequality taking place since last Monday.
October 20, 2019 Protests expected against Teck, Mitsubishi’s project in Peru A group of farmers is organizing a protest against the Zafranal copper project located in the Arequipa department.
October 18, 2019 Lithium Chile gets environmental approvals for Turi exploration drilling Surface access was successfully negotiated in early 2019 with the Turi Indigenous Community.
October 18, 2019 Chilean regulator asks for more time to review Maricunga project Owners Lithium Power International and Bearing Lithium say they were expecting the time extension.
October 17, 2019 Edumine launches new training platform to serve mining companies Edumine delivers online training programs for engineers and mining professionals.
October 17, 2019 Chile’s Codelco ditches ‘green copper’ push, eyes wider mine clean-up in two years The miner realized it would struggle to guarantee its copper's sustainability once it left the mine to be melted down and taken to market.
October 17, 2019 Megastar interested in Gunpoint’s Cerro Minas project in Mexico Cerro Minas is an inlier to the Canadian miner's principal Yautepec project concession.
October 16, 2019 B2Gold offloads Nicaraguan assets, becomes Calibre’s main shareholder The $100-million transaction involved cash payments and shares, which gives B2Gold a 31% interest in Calibre.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
