April 5, 2017 Escondida strike less damaging to Chile’s copper output than thought — report Experts expect the country, which accounts for more 30% of the world's copper supply, to produce 5.4 million tonnes of the metal in 2017, slightly down from the 5.5mnt it…
April 4, 2017 INTERACTIVE MAP: World’s top 10 gold deposits Together these giant orebodies contain reserves worth $796 billion at today's gold price.
April 4, 2017 Newmont Mining reshuffles management in Australia Newmont Mining Corporation has appointed experienced miner Alex Bates to lead the company’s business in Australia.
April 4, 2017 Beyond the Mine: Newmont publishes 2016 Sustainability Report Newmont Mining Corporation today published Beyond the Mine, the Company’s annual report on its progress toward achieving its purpose – to create value and improve lives through sustainable and responsible…
April 4, 2017 Iron ore drops below $80 a tonne again So far this year, the commodity has risen just 0.6%, quite far from the over 20% gains seen just over a month ago.
April 3, 2017 Search for ship containing 260,000 tonnes of iron ore continues The Stellar Daisy, which set out from the a port in Brazil to China, last made contact on Friday. 22 out of the 24 crew members are still unaccounted for.
March 31, 2017 Wealth Minerals begins sampling at Chile’s Laguna Verde lithium project Wealth Minerals Ltd., reports that it has initiated an extensive lake-brine sampling and project evaluation program at the Laguna Verde Lithium Project in Chile.
March 31, 2017 DuPont to supply MECS® technology and critical equipment for Codelco’s two new sulfuric acid plants MECS Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont, has been selected to supply the sulfuric acid production technology for two new plants belonging to Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile…
March 31, 2017 Freeport’s Cerro Verde copper mine resumes normal operations The news follows the end of a historically long 43-day strike at BHP Billiton’s Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine in neighbouring Chile.
March 30, 2017 Iron ore price under pressure from Chinese mine restarts Iron ore price down 12% in two weeks – Rio Tinto says Chinese domestic reboot is "main source of uncertainty" for the market.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
