July 15, 2014 Grupo Mexico considers mining for rare earths The news come only weeks after the government announced it would begin funding explorations projects to locate deposits of the coveted elements.
July 14, 2014 First Majestic hits silver output record, to spin-out non-core assets Production at its five operating silver mines in Mexico hit a record of almost 3.86 million equivalent ounces of silver for the second quarter ending June 30.
July 13, 2014 BHP sell-off could undo Billiton historic deal As BHP considers the sale of almost all of the businesses that Billiton brought to the 2001 merger deal, experts say the firm is likely to end up leaving London.
July 13, 2014 Barrick Gold gets partner to mine for copper in Saudi Arabia The miner has agreed to form a joint venture with Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma'aden) to run its Jabal Sayid asset.
July 11, 2014 Lundin Mining acquires Freeport-McMoRan copper mine in Chile — report The transaction would be worth over $2 billion.
July 11, 2014 Peru set to become world’s second largest copper producer in 2016 Currently China is the second largest producer of the red metal, with an annual output of about 1.6 million tonnes per year.
July 10, 2014 First Quantum resumes construction at Cobre Panama, hunts for new deals The miner is now looking for new projects that will allow it to return more than 30% average value to shareholders, president Clive Newall said.
July 8, 2014 Job cuts coming to Antofagasta’s freshly combined copper operations The copper miner controlled by Chile’s billionaire Luksic family, will cut jobs and costs through its new company Minera Centinela.
July 8, 2014 Chile’s Codelco to produce over 300 tons of silver this year The company, already the world’s largest copper miner, wants to become one of the top silver producers too.
July 8, 2014 Chile’s Supreme Court begins hearings on Barrick Gold’s appeal to $16m fine The appeal follows a confusing ruling in March this year that revoked the penalty, the largest ever imposed in the country, only to force the country's environmental watchdog to rewrite…
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