Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Australian junior Aurelia forgoes Glencore copper mine buy

The exploration and development company became the second Australian miner since April to back off from plans to buy the Glencore's CSA, in New South Wales.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 9, 2019 | 3:58 am

Kinross study pegs Lobo-Marte capex at US$1B

Kinross mulls options to resume long-term operations in Chile

The Canadian miner may soon make a decision about returning to long-term production in Chile.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 8, 2019 | 8:56 am

Barrick still committed to Chile, despite Pascua-Lama major setback

Barrick Gold to sell $1.5B in assets, but open to acquisitions

The goal is for the sale process to be well advanced by mid-2020.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 8, 2019 | 4:00 am

Brazil prosecutors seek $457 million from miners Vale, Samarco, BHP for dam disaster

BHP hit by $5 billion lawsuit over 2015 dam failure in Brazil

The group action suit describes in detail a series of failures and errors of judgment over several years leading to the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in 2015, owned by the Samarco joint venture between BHP and Vale.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 7, 2019 | 7:00 am

expects output to increase toward the second half of the year and maintained its prior gold production outlook of 6.5 million ounces.

Newmont Goldcorp to account for over 7% of global gold output this year

The world’s largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves, is expected to churn out 8.4 million ounces of the precious metal in 2019.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 7, 2019 | 6:00 am

Ecuador expects 4 major mining projects to start up by 2025

SolGold confident in new major copper-gold find in Ecuador

The Australian miner believes that Cascabel and now Porvenir are the first in a long, large and rich string of copper-gold projects it will develop in Ecuador.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 7, 2019 | 3:53 am

Antofagasta expects high copper prices for next 12 months, CEO says

Minnesota environmentalists step up fight against Twin Metals’ copper project

Coalition has gone to court challenging a Trump administration’s decision that opened the door to Twin Metals’ copper, nickel and platinum project in a wilderness area of Minnesota.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 6, 2019 | 7:00 am

Massive base metals mine in Myanmar to start production in 2021

Bawdwin will be the world’s No. 3 producing lead mine and the tenth largest silver operation. It’s also set to become a significant zinc producer.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 6, 2019 | 3:55 am

Rio Tinto speeds up exploration at Winu copper find in Western Australia

Rio has so far drilled 24 holes at the site and will continue extensive drilling in months to come as part of its $250 million exploration program.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 3, 2019 | 9:15 am

Tesla warns of upcoming battery minerals shortage

Tesla warns of coming battery minerals shortage

The electric vehicles pioneer is worried about the effects of booming demand for EVs will have on the supply of minerals needed to manufacture rechargeable batteries.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 3, 2019 | 6:00 am