April 12, 2019 Miramont confirms mineralized system at Cerro Hermoso The company tested Cerro Hermoso’s Central Breccia zone, Stockwork zone and Carbonate Replacement zone.
April 12, 2019 Antofagasta to decide on $3B Centinela mine expansion by 2021 Speaking on the sidelines of the World Copper Conference held this week in Santiago, chief executive Iván Arriagada said the company will only go ahead with the project if it…
April 12, 2019 Polish parliament’s lower house approves 15% cut to copper tax If rubber-stamped by the senate, the move would give state-run KGHM a bit more room to breathe, as the miner has been struggling with rising costs, falling copper prices, technical…
April 12, 2019 Brazil President says Amazon rainforest reserve should be opened to mining President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday the country could open a vast reserve in the Amazon rainforest to mining, a move attempted by his predecessor that was quickly rescinded following…
April 12, 2019 SQM to acquire 80% interest in Revelo’s copper projects in Chile Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a 5-year option to explore and earn an 80% interest in the Calvario and Mirador projects.
April 12, 2019 Gran Colombia to use machine learning at Segovia operation The miner is partnering with GoldSpot Discoveries to produce 2D and 3D targets for its upcoming exploration program.
April 12, 2019 Lithium giant lifts outlook with 2018 fizzle in rear-view mirror Chile's SQM, the world’s second-largest lithium miner, said expansion plans had gone better than expected and that sales would likely beat its forecasts for this year.
April 11, 2019 Mosaic suspends phosphate mines in Brazil after new rules for dams It is unclear how long the dams' suspension will last.
April 11, 2019 Lumina extends Gran Bestia in Ecuador The company has drilled its longest continuous section of mineralization at its Gran Bestia copper-gold deposit,
April 11, 2019 Tianqi agrees truce in battle over Chilean lithium miner SQM Tianqi's $4.1B purchase of a 24% stake in SQM went through in December, but the Chinese firm has faced push back.
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