January 7, 2025

Chile’s year-end copper windfall signals mines are recovering

Chile’s copper export revenue jumped in December, despite lower prices for the metal.

January 7, 2025

Vale, GreenIron to explore decarbonization projects in Brazil, Sweden

The partnership includes studies on the feasibility of a direct reduction plant to be operated by GreenIron in Brazil.

January 7, 2025

Hudbay Minerals seeks approval for $210m Peru mine expansion

Plan involves enlarging the Constancia pit, installing new processing equipment, and raising the tailings dam wall.

January 6, 2025

Sigma Lithium ‘confident’ of surpassing 2025 output target

The company's Phase 1 operation has a nameplate capacity of 270,000 tonnes per annum of lithium concentrate.

January 6, 2025

BHP selects eight companies for 2025 Xplor accelerator program

The 2025 Xplor cohorts will each receive an equity free grant of up to $500,000.

January 6, 2025

Codelco’s copper production edges higher in 2024 — chairman

Chairman Maximo Pacheco said output rose by 3,000 to 4,000 tonnes from 2023's 1.325 million tonnes in a "turnaround" year.

January 2, 2025

Brazilian miner boosts rare earths output in challenge to China’s grip

Serra Verde started commercially producing concentrate in Brazil’s Goias state about a year ago.

December 31, 2024

New year’s resolutions for miners – 2025

Timothy Foden, co-head of the arbitration group at Boies Schiller Flexner, looks at legal challenges facing the mining industry.

December 31, 2024

Chile copper production rises 9.8% in November, state agency says

Copper production in the world's largest producer reached 488,519 metric tons in November.

December 30, 2024

Vale reaches $1.8 billion railway concessions deal

The company reached an agreement with local authorities to pay up to some 11 billion reais to renegotiate two railway concession contracts.