November 15, 2018 Zinc One receives positive results from Peruvian project Results are from the Bongará Zinc Mine located in north-central Peru.
November 15, 2018 Antofagasta approves $1.3B expansion of Los Pelambres mine The company said the expansion, to start in early 2019, would add an average 60,000 tonnes of copper a year to its production over the first 15 years of operation.
November 14, 2018 Vale holds talks to expand world’s biggest open-pit iron mine While the project known as S11D isn’t scheduled to hit its 90-million-ton capacity until 2020, China’s appetite for the mine’s low-cost, high-grade ore continues to grow.
November 14, 2018 Miners’ spending on hunt for copper, EV metals hits $10 billion Budgets jumped about 19%, outpacing last year’s gain.
November 14, 2018 Vale-BHP Brazil joint venture Samarco names mining exec as new CFO Cavalcanti joins Samarco as it attempts to renegotiate billions of dollars in debt with creditors and restart operations after a tailing dam burst in 2015, killing 19 people.
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.
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
