November 14, 2018 Rio Tinto wants a piece of Teck’s copper project in Chile Canada’s largest diversified miner has been looking for a development partner for the $4.8-billion extension of Quebrada Blanca copper mine in northern Chile.
November 14, 2018 Xiana pays Glencore $25 million for Chilean operation The Vancouver-based miner acquired Altos De Punitaqui, a producing copper-gold operating company.
November 14, 2018 Worker strike forces IAMGOLD to suspend operations at Suriname mine The miner said the strike is a breach of the Collective Labour Agreement.
November 14, 2018 Pan American Silver buys Tahoe Resources for $1B Deal creates one of the world’s biggest silver mining companies.
November 13, 2018 Chilean regulators reject Albemarle’s plans to boost lithium output The applicant does not present the details necessary to rule out significant adverse impacts on the soil, water and air.
November 13, 2018 Brazil lawmakers slam Norsk Hydro, regulators for Alunorte leak A congressional commission assembled to look into the incident blamed both the company and regulators, and called for civil and criminal investigations to continue.
November 12, 2018 RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration partners with Terra Modelling The agreement provides a considerable combined offering to the mineral exploration and mining market.
November 12, 2018 Golden Reign and Marlin Gold merge to form Mako Mining Golden Reign acquired all of Marlin’s shares.
November 11, 2018 Brazil dismantles illegal mines in the Amazon The unregulated operations were installed in Jamanxim and Río Novo National Parks.
November 10, 2018 Brazil’s Votorantim profit falls despite higher revenues Meanwhile, Nexa Resources, a unit of Votorantim, has just approved a $392 million capital expenditure in a zinc mining project in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.
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