Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Komatsu to build $285-million headquarters in Milwaukee

Komatsu to build $285m headquarters in Milwaukee

The planned campus would include about 170,000 square feet of office space, a 20,000-square-foot museum and training building, and 410,000 square feet of manufacturing space

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2018 | 10:20 am

Battery Minerals hits construction milestones at Montepuez graphite project

Battery Minerals hits construction milestones at Montepuez project

Company wants to make sure the mine is in production when the demand and price of graphite takes off, as predicted.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2018 | 9:58 am

Chile greenlights Latin America’s largest desalination plant

The ENAPAC project is meant to serve mainly the mining industry, which is very active in Chile’s dry, but copper and lithium-rich north.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2018 | 6:59 am

Freeport Indonesia workers end protest at Grasberg

Freeport, Rio formally yield control of giant Grasberg mine to Indonesia

Agreements give a majority stake in the giant Grasberg copper and gold mine to a local state-owned firm, becoming the country’s biggest divestment by a foreign resources company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2018 | 3:45 am

Peru miners struggle as coronavirus cases top 300,000

Trevali’s Santander zinc mine in Peru hit by blockade

The illegal action saw a group of locals spend seven days blocking the only access to the mine in protest for what they call “repetitive abuse” to community members and increasing pollution of their land and only water source.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2018 | 8:48 am

Canada’s Maxtech Ventures to expand footprint in Brazil with manganese JV

The Vancouver-based miner said it has signed a non-exclusive letter of interest to form a JV with an undisclosed local company on claims where manganese mineralization has been proven.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2018 | 6:52 am

First Quantum, Panama Gov’t study ruling that cast doubts on giant copper mine

First Quantum, Panama Gov’t study ruling that casts doubts on giant copper mine

The country' Supreme Court ruled Monday that Law 9, used to grant the mining concession for Cobre Panama copper project, was unconstitutional.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2018 | 3:50 am

Anglo American becomes latest top miner to land in Ecuador

Deal with Luminex gives Anglo the right to earn a 60% ownership interest in a JV company, which indirectly holds three copper and gold concessions in Ecuador.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2018 | 8:40 am

Christie’s to auction largest, finest pink diamond in its history

The top item at Christie’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels sale in November will be The Pink Legacy, an 18.96-carat fancy vivid pink diamond expected to fetch up to $50 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2018 | 6:00 am