April 16, 2015 Tahoe Resources to appeal employee detention Vancouver-based Tahoe resources this week said Guatemala subsidiary Minera San Rafael (MSR) would appeal the court-ordered confinement of an employee pending the investigation of a 2012 environmental claim.
April 16, 2015 Codelco to unveil plan to speed up delayed Chuquicamata mine expansion The plan seeks to tackle an almost yearlong delay in the project to turn century-old Chuquicamata open pit mine into an underground operation.
April 16, 2015 Southern Copper’s $1.2bn Toquepala mine expansion OK’d The expansion will boost the capacity of the Peruvian mine's copper concentrator to 120,000 tonnes per day from 60,000.
April 15, 2015 Codelco spending $25 billion just to keep output steady $5 billion a year for five years will merely replace exhausted mine capacity says CEO of world's largest copper company.
April 15, 2015 Iron ore price back below $50 after Chinese property shock GDP slowdown was expected but China's property sector, responsible for half of steel demand, is in a tailspin as Q1 unsold inventory rises 24%.
April 15, 2015 $8m grant awarded to Artisanal Gold Council to develop the sector in Peru The grant will help fund a project to be carried out in Peru over the next five years focused on the sustainable development of a responsible artisanal gold sector.
April 14, 2015 Citi’s ‘end of the Iron Age’ note triggers waves of downgrades The International Monetary Fund and Standard and Poor's, in turn, predict prices for the steelmaking material are set to fall even further.
April 13, 2015 Expect talent-driven mining M&A: Headhunter Today Andrew’s talking about the ebbs and flows of his MRG business. He tells me President and CEO searches are not where he’s making his money these days, it’s the…
April 13, 2015 Iron ore price surges on Chinese import growth Up 3.2% on Monday after commodity trade data surprise.
April 13, 2015 Move over Codelco: Freeport plans to be the world’s No.1 copper miner But China’s slowdown, rising costs and falling prices may get in the way.
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
