March 15, 2019

Prosecutors seek $13 billion from Vale for environmental restoration

Brazilian prosecutors requested that mining company Vale SA be ordered to guarantee the funds.

March 15, 2019

Silvercrest upgrades resource at Las Chipas ahead of PEA

The project now contains 1 million indicated tonnes grading 6.98 grams per tonne gold and 710.6 grams silver.

March 15, 2019

Polish Audit Office blasts KGHM acquisition of Chilean copper mine

The body, which looks into the way the Polish state operates and how it spends public funds, says the company has spent more than $5.2B in three years on the…

March 14, 2019

SQM receives environmental approval for Chile lithium plant expansion

The $400 million plant expansion, once complete, would allow the Chinese-backed SQM to eventually produce as much as 180,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate a year from its Atacama salt flat…

March 14, 2019

Leagold achieves higher gold production with 2018 acquisitions

More than half the company’s 2018 gold production came from its Los Filos gold mine in Mexico, which produced 195,362 oz. gold last year.

March 14, 2019

Reunion Gold completes resource estimate on Nivre in French Guiana

The Nivre deposit contains 18.9 million indicated tonnes grading 1.09 grams gold per tonne for 665,000 ounces of gold.

March 14, 2019

Floating solar panels to boost efficiency at Chilean copper mine

The newly installed panels at the Los Bronces copper mine have the capacity to produce 86 kilowatts.

March 14, 2019

Southern Copper eyes lithium project in Mexico – CEO

Southern Copper had not made an offer on the lithium project in Mexico, but there's also a Chinese company that's interested.

March 14, 2019

Advantage Lithium replaces CEO in wake of college admissions scandal

Advantage Lithium has temporarily replaced CEO David Sidoo after he was arrested last week by U.S. authorities.

March 14, 2019

Operations resume at Goldcorp’s Cerro Negro mine in Argentina

The mine is the company’s biggest in the South American country.