September 4, 2017 10% of Mexico’s territory available for mining Active mining concessions add up to 25,716
September 1, 2017 Colombian First Nations protest against coal mine Wayuu leaders traveled to Bogotá to protest against El Cerrejón, the thermal coal open-pit mine owned by Glencore, BHP Billiton and Anglo American
September 1, 2017 Ecuador expects $488 million in revenue from industrial mining The Lenin Moreno government has recently granted 237 mining concessions to private companies
September 1, 2017 BacTech Environmental: “Green Gold” processing technology addresses artisanal mining and ARD problems Every year millions of small-scale miners toil in the baking sun, collecting and breaking rocks with the goal of extracting small amounts of gold - enough to make a living…
September 1, 2017 Newmont begins production at Tanami expansion project in Australia Company expects to increase gold production at Tanami by 80,000 ounces annually, reaching between 425,000-475,000 ounces a year.
September 1, 2017 Peru to auction $2 billion Michiquillay copper project in November The massive project is expected to process close to 80,000 tonnes of copper ore a day.
August 31, 2017 Canada’s Trevali among world’s top zinc producers with Glencore mines buy Acquisition makes of the Canadian miner one of the few multi-asset, low-cost global zinc producers.
August 31, 2017 SolGold on a roll in Ecuador, extends mineralization at Cascabel The Cascabel project is located in the northern portion of the Andean copper belt in Ecuador, renowned for hosting almost half the world’s copper known reserves.
August 30, 2017 Brazil judge blocks decree allowing mining in Amazon Federal judge Rolando Spanholo said opening the area known as Renca to mining can only be done by an act of Congress under the constitution.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
