February 19, 2019 Lumina Copper faces charges, up to $55m fine for environmental breaches in Chile This is not the first time the Chilean watchdog has fined Lumina.
February 19, 2019 South Africa’s AngloGold looks to streamline assets, Argentine mine up for sale It is very important that we can see the assets in our mix have long-term potential and to the extent that they don't or there is other strategic reasons to…
February 19, 2019 Canadian regulator clears Newmont’s $10B merger with Goldcorp The companies announced their planned all-share tie-up in January, just two weeks after the Barrick-Randgold merger was finalized.
February 19, 2019 LiCo Energy Metals withdraws from Chilean lithium project facing community opposition The Vancouver-based miner said that management decided to leave Purickuta due to “unworkable property conditions."
February 19, 2019 Waterton steps up efforts to oust Hudbay Minerals CEO, board of directors Toronto-based private-equity firm Waterton Global Resource Management is pushing for an overhaul of Hudbay Minerals’ board and the exit of the CEO, Alan Hair, over alleged "mismanagement."
February 19, 2019 BHP urges miners to create global body to oversee tailings dams CEO Andrew Mackenzie said it was too early to say what impact the recent Vale tailings dam disaster will have on efforts to restart BHP and Vale's jointly owned Samarco…
February 18, 2019 Copper cops play game of cat and mouse around desert convoys The new police unit has already had some success, arresting 11 people and seizing about 60 tons of mineral stolen from the copper mines.
February 18, 2019 Brazil bans upstream mining dams after Vale’s latest disaster All so-called upstream dams need to be decommissioned or removed by August, 2021, according to a resolution the National Mining Agency published on Monday.
February 16, 2019 Vale evacuates 200 people from town near its Mar Azul mine The tailings dam at the iron ore mine is inactive so the miner said the evacuation is precautionary.
February 15, 2019 Fire shuts down Vale’s Malaysia distribution center The majority of material from the Malaysian distribution center is Brazilian Blend fines destined for China.
Rising copper prices help Freeport-McMoRan offset Grasberg production dip Average copper prices rose in the fourth quarter and hit all-time highs late in December. January 22, 2026 | 10:08 am
