May 30, 2019 SolGold’s shares crater on possible mining referendum in Ecuador Investors worry a referendum on mining in Imbabura, the province in which its flagship Cascabel copper-gold project is located, could jeopardize the mine's future.
May 30, 2019 Chile’s Codelco Q1 copper production tumbles 18% y/y Chilean copper giant Codelco produced 342,000 tonnes of copper from its mines in the first quarter of 2019.
May 29, 2019 Eike Batista plots his comeback and offers advice to Elon Musk While differences between the men are glaring -- Musk wants his electric cars to break the world’s fossil fuel addiction -- the sudden downfall of Batista’s oil company offers a…
May 28, 2019 Mexico’s Zacatecas state offers to mediate Newmont Goldcorp mine dispute The dispute at Penasquito, Mexico's largest gold and silver mine, has led to losses for public coffers and the firm, as well as lost pay for workers and contractors.
May 28, 2019 Mosaic’s Brazilian unit resumes operations in Catalao mine The Catalao mine was not in operation for two months as the company worked to bring its mine tailings dam into compliance with new Brazilian regulation.
May 28, 2019 Vale downplays risk of dam break at Gongo Soco mine Vale said risk of a new dam break as a consequence of an unstable embankment at Gongo Soco open pit, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, are now minimal.
May 28, 2019 Portofino receives encouraging results from Yergo lithium brine project in Argentina Samples returned values of up to 373 mg/L lithium, and up to 8,001 mg/L potassium.
May 28, 2019 Barrick Gold considers $1B expansion of Pueblo Viejo mine President and CEO Mark Bristow said the company expected to complete a feasibility study for the project, which could extend the life of the mine into the 2030s.
May 27, 2019 Codelco chief criticizes low productivity, regulatory hurdles in Chile Codelco Chief Executive Nelson Pizarro said in a presentation on Friday that regulatory hurdles were only adding to problems that have long plagued Chile's mines.
May 27, 2019 Brazil’s Usiminas approves 1.38B reais in new investments The board of Brazilian steelmaker Usiminas has approved roughly 1.38 billion reais ($344 million) in new capital expenditures.
Copper price nears $13,000 on tariffs woes, supply strain Mine outages, tariff risks and tight supply push copper toward a milestone despite weakening Chinese demand. December 29, 2025 | 05:51 am
