April 17, 2019

China’s Tianqi taps ‘safe choices’ for board of top lithium miner SQM

Tianqi's official board nominations will take place on April 25 at a shareholders meeting in Santiago.

April 17, 2019

Millennial Lithium stock jumps 12% following boost in resource estimate

The company has nearly doubled its resource estimate at the Pastos Grandes lithium project in Argentina.

April 17, 2019

Lumina Copper halts Chilean mine operations after worker’s death

The cause of the accident that killed an employee of service provider Global Group Ingeniería is under investigation.

April 16, 2019

Aztec identifies 11 porphyry targets at Cervantes

The company intends to complete detailed mapping, rock and soil sampling and possibly IP geophysics to confirm possible drill targets.

April 16, 2019

Interactive map pinpoints lead battery energy storage installations globally

Lead battery-powered energy storage highlighted by research consortium’s online map.

April 16, 2019

Brazilian court authorizes Vale to resume ops at Brucutu mine

A Brazilian court has authorized Vale to resume operations at the Brucutu mine, its largest in the state of Minas Gerais.

April 16, 2019

Waterton takes Hudbay Minerals to court

The Canadian miner's second-largest investor, Waterton Global Resource Management, has filed a lawsuit against the base metals producer in a bid to constrain its ability to solicit proxies.

April 15, 2019

Iron ore shortage after Vale disaster hurting Brazil steelmakers — report

Vale's situation could force other steelmakers to halt production if nothing is done to normalize supplies.

April 15, 2019

Lundin Mining grabs Brazilian mine from Yamana in $1B deal

The Chapada copper-gold mine, in the northwest Brazilian state of Goiás, began production in 2007.

April 15, 2019

Newmont-Goldcorp $10B merger to close this week

Deal creates the world’s largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves.