April 1, 2019

Teck, Sumitomo close Quebrada Blanca transaction

Teck Resources and Sumitomo have closed their $1.2B transaction, giving Sumitomo a 30% indirect interest in the Quebrada Blanca copper project.

April 1, 2019

China’s Ganfeng boosts stake in Argentina lithium project

Ganfeng Lithium Co plans to spend $160m to boost its stake in an Argentina project with Lithium Americas Corp from 37.5% to 50%.

April 1, 2019

Commodities’ best quarter since 2016 is tough act to follow

Commodities had their best quarter in almost three years, but demand outlook is running into troubling signs in the U.S. and China, the two biggest consumers.

April 1, 2019

Eight miners suffocated in unauthorized gold mine in Peru

Peru is home to several "informal" mines, where miners toil at improvised mining sites that operate outside of the law.

April 1, 2019

Vale denied stability re-certifications on 17 dams, dikes

The decision comes on the same day a Brazilian court froze an additional 1 billion reais ($255 million) in assets as possible compensation for damages related to a recent evacuation…

April 1, 2019

Condor Gold hails results from metallurgical test work at Nicaragua mine

Test at the company's 100%-owned La India gold project in Nicaragua confirmed 95.4% gold recovery from two samples in laboratory conditions.

March 31, 2019

Government officials call for output control at Chinese steel mills

Profits are being squeezed by rising raw material prices, largely caused by production disruptions at Vale SA after the Brumardinho disaster.

March 31, 2019

Sierra Gorda union agrees deal with KGHM to avert Chile copper mine strike

The union threatened strike action in mid-March.

March 30, 2019

MMG’s subsidiary in Peru rejects blockade at Las Bambas, asks for dialogue

Since early February, the Indigenous community of Nueva Fuerabamba has been blocking a national highway called Corredor Minero del Sur.

March 29, 2019

Brazil’s Vale proposes increase of board, more mining execs

According to a securities filing on Thursday night, three board members will be independent and nine will be appointed by controlling shareholders.