January 21, 2018 Tahoe denies reports of water contamination Tahoe Resources (TSX, NYSE:THO) is denying a media report issued on Thursday that its Shahuindo mine in Peru has contaminated local water supplies.
January 19, 2018 Crystallex requests new hearing in lawsuit against Venezuela The Canadian company alleges that the South American country is performing “fraudulent transfers.”
January 19, 2018 Union at Colombia’s Cerrejon to hear wage offer before possible strike vote "We will meet with the company... after a request from them to present a new offer, the fourth in this negotiation," said the Sintracarbon union president.
January 18, 2018 Copper miners challenged by water supply "Water demand will increase because it will be necessary to process more material to obtain the same amount of copper": Wood Mackenzie.
January 18, 2018 Chile’s regulator orders permanent closure of Barrick’s Pascua-Lama mine Agency also cut a 2013 fine for violations to $11.5 million (7 billion Chilean pesos) from the previous $16 million it had charged Barrick Gold, but later forced to review…
January 17, 2018 Torex restarts operations in Mexico despite blockade The miner and the current operating union re-established plant access through a road used during construction.
January 17, 2018 Output at Chile’s Escondida copper mine falls 7.8 pct in 2017 The decline to 903,000 tonnes came despite the start of operations at a new wing.
January 17, 2018 Tahoe welcomes new Canadian Ombudsperson for responsible enterprise Tahoe Resources Inc. welcomes the announcement today that Canada will establish the office of Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.
January 17, 2018 Chile’s Corfo, SQM strike deal in lithium dispute The deal frees the miner to apply for increase in production quota amid demand boom and surging prices for lithium, which is used in EV batteries.
January 17, 2018 BHP second-quarter iron ore output up 3 pct, maintains forecast BHP's iron ore output climbed to 72 million tonnes for the three months ended Dec. 31 versus 70 million tonnes a year ago.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
