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.
Krypton in zircon grains reveals landscapes’ history and potential future, researchers say By measuring the krypton, the Curtin University team was able to work out how long zircon grains spent near the Earth’s surface before they were buried, like a ‘cosmic clock’. January 16, 2026 | 12:40 pm
