December 6, 2018 Vale says recent dip in global steel prices is temporary Global capacity utilisation in the steel sector has risen to 76% this year from 73% last year, indicating excess capacity in the sector is shrinking.
December 5, 2018 Candelaria becomes sole owner of the Pinos gold project in Mexico The project is located in Zacatecas, Mexico's second largest gold producing state.
December 5, 2018 High risk/high reward lithium bet drives Argentina Surge High risk, high reward is the bet being made by global lithium miners in Argentina who are brushing aside a recession, a currency crisis and political uncertainty in their hunger…
December 5, 2018 Altamira expands land position in Brazil The Vancouver-based miner submitted an application to expand to 300,000 hectares its land position at the Firminho project.
December 5, 2018 Brazil launches new mining agency days before Temer steps down Changes to Brazil’s 50-year-old mining regulations also came in effect Wednesday and include measures that make the country’s industry more competitive and sustainable.
December 4, 2018 Vale to go it alone on $500m investment in New Caledonia nickel mine New Caledonia could be a very important part of our strategy to supply nickel, especially given the EV revolution.
December 4, 2018 Miramont gets green light to start drilling at Peruvian project The Vancouver-based miner anticipates drilling to begin early in the New Year.
December 4, 2018 Teck chooses Sumitomo to develop Chilean copper project in $1.2B deal Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corp. will pay $800 million earn-in contribution and $400 million matching contribution for a third of Teck's 90% interest in Quebrada Blanca mine.
December 3, 2018 Big lithium riches lure first-time miner to Bolivia’s salt flat ACI Systems Alemania employs just 20 people and was created solely to focus on building a lithium mine in Bolivia.
December 2, 2018 What to watch in commodities: Trump-Xi, OPEC, iron, Tesla, crops It’ll be an important week for iron ore, which has been badly beaten up in November.
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