January 7, 2019 Chile okays lithium miner SQM’s plan to remedy water violations The 18-month remediation plan includes a new online system to monitor SQM's extraction rates of both brine and fresh water from beneath the salt flat.
January 7, 2019 Chilean lithium exports continue rise, to $949m in 2018 – central bank Global demand for lithium is expected to quadruple by 2025.
January 7, 2019 Vancouver junior Auryn gets positive results from Peruvian copper-gold project According to the company, the copper-gold skarn mineralization at its Sombrero project has geological similarities to Glencore’s Tintaya mine and MMG’s Las Bambas mine.
January 6, 2019 Global copper market under supplied, demand on the rise — report But over the long term, the global copper deficit is expected to shrink, and the market will shift to oversupply.
January 6, 2019 Ecuador’s rising opposition to mining may thwart exploration boom As mining projects face headwinds from rising tensions, investors' courage will be tested, says Fitch Solutions Macro Research, which could hinder Ecuador’s plan to attract $4 billion to the sector…
January 4, 2019 Top 3 reasons to avoid running project cost estimates in-house There are real costs associated with conducting project cost estimates in-house.
January 3, 2019 Activists file securities complaints against Vancouver miners The complaints come six days ahead of a special shareholders meeting on January 8.
January 3, 2019 Anglo American management shake-up sees Brazil-based CEO replaced Ruben Fernandes, who has led the company’s iron ore and nickel interests in the South American country for almost three years, will become CEO of Base Metals effective March 1.
January 2, 2019 SolGold begins 2019 strong on new mineralization at Ecuador project Company has discovered a new copper and gold mineralization at its Porvenir project, located in southern Ecuador.
January 2, 2019 New era for Barrick Gold begins Barrick now trades as GOLD in New York and continues as ABX in Toronto.
Construction on track for Q1 completion at Sibanye’s Keliber lithium project in Finland Keliber is the EU's most advanced integrated lithium project, with planned LiOH production of around 15,000 tonnes per annum. January 19, 2026 | 01:57 pm