January 27, 2019

Chilean miner Antofagasta studying $3 bln expansion at Centinela mine -paper

Antofagasta's copper production rose 3 percent to 725,300 tonnes last year, allowing the company to weigh potential expansion projects.

January 27, 2019

Almaden Minerals rejects activists’ letter to Mexican president

The Canadian miner deemed as false the allegations in a letter given by a group of activists to the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

January 26, 2019

Codelco and Ennomotive challenged engineers to find creative uses for copper-graphene nanocomposite

Sixty-five engineers from 15 countries came up with ideas.

January 25, 2019

Vale’s tailings dam bursts after end-year rebound in iron ore prices

As early as next week, iron ore prices may start to reflect the impacts of Vale's dam bursting at Corrego de Feijao in Brumadinho.

January 25, 2019

Workers at Prodeco’s Colombia coal port vote down proposed strike

Only eight out of 115 workers voted in favor of a strike, much less than the overall worker majority required for a legal strike.

January 25, 2019

Mirasol Resources expands in southern Argentina

The Vancouver-based miner is consolidating the Sascha - Marcelina project to make it 30,600 hectares big.

January 25, 2019

Colombia extends Drummond contract on coal mine for 20 years

The contract will generate at least $586 million in royalties, income and social project investment during its lifetime.

January 25, 2019

Hundreds still missing following Vale’s dam break in Brazil

Nine bodies had been recovered by Saturday morning.

January 24, 2019

Chile strikes deal with lithium miner Albemarle in contract dispute

The dispute centered around a contract term that requires Albemarle to provide as much as 25 percent of its annual production of lithium at a discount.

January 24, 2019

Small group of Prodeco’s Colombia coal port workers to vote on strike

It is improbable that a strike would have an impact on total exports.