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.

January 17, 2018

Condor Gold hopes to soon kick off construction at Nicaragua project

To date, the company has invested $45 million in Nicaragua, completed over 70,000 meters of drilling on its flagship La India asset, and produced two PEAs and a PFS.

January 17, 2018

Costa Rican presidential candidate blasts ecologists, says he would bring mining back

Conservative Diego Castro called environmentalist groups "eco-terrorists."

January 17, 2018

Vale confirms talks with BHP over Samarco exit

During a meeting with investors and analysts in Sao Paulo, Vale’s investor relations director, André Figueiredo, said it seemed “natural” for his company to become the sole owner of the…