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could open a vast reserve in the Amazon rainforest to mining, a move attempted by his predecessor that was quickly rescinded following…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.
April 11, 2019 Fresnillo Q1 production slumps, sticks to FY targets The company reported lower than expected full-year profit in February while warning of headwinds including lower precious metals prices for 2019.
April 11, 2019 Newmont shareholders overwhelmingly approve $10B Goldcorp takeover, creating world’s top gold miner Deal creates the world’s largest gold producer by output, robing Barrick of its recently cemented supremacy.
April 11, 2019 After legal battle, Los Andes Copper’s past drilling campaign receives approval In 2017, Chile's Superintendency of Environmental Affairs filed a notice saying the campaign violated the country's environmental regulations.
Copper at heart of probable Rio bid for Glencore: RBC A premium of 15% to 30% to Glencore’s early January share price could get the deal done, RBC analyst said. January 18, 2026 | 06:47 am
