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.
December 2, 2018 Codelco strikes contract deal with workers at Ministro Hales mine The 36-month contract was approved by 53% of the union.
December 2, 2018 New Mexican president asked to solve issue with former mine workers in two weeks Initially, workers linked to the Los Mineros Union planned to launch a protest action on December 1st, López Obrador's inauguration day.
December 1, 2018 Peru’s gold, silver, copper output falls On the positive side, the Andean country's iron ore production grew by 66.8% when compared to the previous year.
Equinox closes $1B Brazil mines sale to China’s CMOC The transaction covers the producing mines of Aurizona in Maranhao state, RDM in Minas Gerais and the Bahia Complex. January 27, 2026 | 10:50 am
