March 27, 2019

Newmont readies leadership team post-merger with Goldcorp

Newmont's $10-billion acquisition of Canada’s Goldcorp is expected to close in the second quarter of the year.

March 27, 2019

UNEP, ethical investors join miners’ quest for global tailings rules

Currently there are no set of universal rules defining exactly what a tailings dam is, how to build one and how to care for it after it is decommissioned.

March 27, 2019

B2Gold to invest $50 million in Fekola mine expansion

It could take the Malian mine gold output to 7.5-million tonnes a year from the current 6-million tonnes.

March 26, 2019

Norsk Hydro, Brazil prosecutor agree steps that could lead to Alunorte’s full restart

The refinery, the world's biggest, has been operating at half capacity since early 2018, when Hydro admitted it had made unlicensed emissions of untreated water.

March 26, 2019

Union at KGHM’s Sierra Gorda copper mine extends contract talks

The union intends to vote on a new contract proposal by Thursday and deliver their decision to management on Friday.

March 26, 2019

Brazil’s Vale iron ore output rose 8% in 4th quarter

For all of 2018, Vale's output was 384.639 million tonnes, slightly below its previously divulged outlook of 390 million tonnes.

March 26, 2019

SNC Lavalin ‘appalled and surprised’ as Codelco cancels $260m contract

SNC says it had recently updated Codelco on the status of the project, including what it called delays "that were the responsibility of Codelco."

March 26, 2019

Argentina mining gets Macri boost as tough election looms

Argentina is eyeing its first major new mining project in two decades, nudged forward by President Mauricio Macri’s market-oriented policies.

March 26, 2019

Vale reports Brazil state authorities freeze $765m of its assets

The decision was based on ensuring compensation for those who may have suffered losses from the cessation of operations at Vale’s South Upper dam.

March 26, 2019

World’s largest copper producer brings AI to its mines

The move is part of an aggressive transformation of the Chilean state-miner, which is looking at adding fresh technologies to revitalizing some of its century-old mines.