September 2, 2019 Tinka delivers Ayawilca PEA study The PEA tables a C$363 million after-tax NPV, with an 8% discount rate, and a 27.1% after-tax IRR on the zinc sulphide deposit.
September 2, 2019 Condor Gold attracts new investment in Nicaragua Nicaragua Milling is taking a 10.4% stake in Condor Gold, which is advancing its La India gold project in Nicaragua.
September 1, 2019 Freeport’s Cerro Verde expansion not touching farmland – media report A regional ordinance states that the Freeport-McMoRan operation would only expand onto wasteland.
August 30, 2019 Minera Alamos acquires stake in Prime Mining Minera currently has three exploration assets in Mexico, including the La Fortuna open pit gold project in Durango.
August 30, 2019 Codelco to decide by early 2020 on Maricunga lithium project Codelco has for years talked of getting into the lithium business.
August 30, 2019 Chile’s Codelco profits plunge on falling copper price, labor strife The outgoing CEO said the company was still on track to hit 1.7 million tonnes of production in 2019.
August 30, 2019 Top miners in Chile sign deal to help country’s small producers Major global producers will rent part of their properties to small-scale miners.
August 28, 2019 Mine tailings reprocessing competition offers $16,000 in prizes The main goal of this challenge is to find out the process and/or technology to turn this waste into valuable raw materials.
August 28, 2019 Amazon gold and army suspicion fuel Bolsonaro’s rainforest rage Bolsonaro's father was among the wildcat miners who descended on the Amazonian gold mine of Serra Pelada in the 1980s.
August 28, 2019 Glencore awarded just $19m by tribunal in Colombia lawsuit A World Bank tribunal has ordered Colombia to repay a $19 million fine it levied on Glencore's coal mining subsidiary Prodeco.
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says One of the world’s biggest lithium traders is seeing a turnaround in the battery metal market as accelerating demand ends a glut that dragged down prices. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
