January 9, 2018

Hudbay Minerals expands footprint in Peru

The miner’s local subsidiary has entered into an agreement to acquire mining properties in southern Peru near its Constancia copper mine.

January 9, 2018

Vale closes sale of fertilizer business to Mosaic for $1.4 billion

Brazilian mining giant is retaining control of the TIPLAM port terminal, which was originally included in the deal.

January 8, 2018

Equinox Gold to start full-scale construction at Brazilian mine

The Canadian miner wants to increase production to 135,000 ounces of gold per year.

January 5, 2018

Peru’s environmental deregulation to spur more mining-related protests: analysts

The approval of the supreme decree 042-2017 in December might generate more unrest.

January 5, 2018

CHARTS: Big mining’s surge in value shames tech giants

The mining cycle turned two years ago – gains for the sector's largest companies have far outpaced stocks like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook since.

January 5, 2018

Mining investments in Peru grew by 54.8% in November

Investments grew by 54.8% compared to the same month of 2016.

January 4, 2018

Chile and Argentina to lead lithium output growth after 2018

The bulk of new capacity would come online in 2019.

January 4, 2018

Union at Chile Lomas Bayas mine far from deal with Glencore

Unionized workers at Glencore's Lomas Bayas copper mine rejected a final contract offer and began government-facilitated mediation Thursday to avoid strike.

January 4, 2018

The 5 largest gold nuggets that still exist

From a nugget containing 1682 troy ounces of gold to one shaped like a massive pair of hands- here is a list of five of the biggest existing nuggets.

January 3, 2018

U.S. court rules against miner Crystallex in Venezuela dispute

Crystallex International Corp is seeking to collect $1.2 billion plus interest awarded in 2016 by a World Bank tribunal against Venezuela, which Venezuela has refused to pay.