July 16, 2018 Fura Gems grabs more ruby assets in Mozambique Gemstone producer us is expanding its footprint in Mozambique by acquiring nine ruby assets from ASX-listed Mustang Resources and Regius Resources Group.
July 16, 2018 Vale’s iron ore output hit fresh record high despite trucker strike Iron ore output hit 96.755-million tonnes in the three months to June 30, while pellet output reached 12.838-million tonnes, despite a nationwide truck drivers strike that paralyzed the country in…
July 15, 2018 Chilean government wants conflict at Escondida to be over The possibility of a strike was talked about over the weekend.
July 15, 2018 Copper trains ransacked by ‘Moles’ in full-moon desert heists A common target for the thieves is Antofagasta Plc’s logistics unit Grupo FCAB, which owns and operates about 700 kilometers of railway lines used to transport cathode and semi-processed copper.
July 15, 2018 Argentina releases mining census, made $1321 million in 2016 Over 1,500 mining companies were operating in the South American country in 2016.
July 13, 2018 Miramont expands Peruvian project but can’t drill just yet The Canadian miner plans to acquire the rights to the Milenos 32 concession adjacent to its Cerro Hermoso project in Peru.
July 13, 2018 Copper trains ransacked by ‘moles’ in full-moon desert heists Thieves leap from trucks onto trains as they roll through Chile’s Atacama Desert, before throwing 80-kilo slabs of copper to the ground and disappearing.
July 13, 2018 SolGold intersects copper, gold at flagship project in Ecuador Company believes its Cascabel copper-gold project, 180 km north of the capital Quito, may become one of the largest copper-gold porphyry systems ever discovered.
July 13, 2018 Antofagasta sells electricity transmission business for $117m Chile-focused miner said proceeds from the sale would enable it to focus on its core activity of producing copper.
July 12, 2018 BHP makes contract offer to union at Escondida mine in Chile Labor talks at Escondida are in the final stretch before a 30-month contract expires at the end of July.
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