Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

BHP final pay offer to Escondida workers falls short of union demands

BHP has offer workers a signing on bonus of $27,000, up from an earlier offer of $23,000, plus a 1.5% salary increase, but still well under the bonus up to $43,000 and 5% increase demanded by Escondida’s union.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 10:33 am

Wheaton closes streaming deal with gold miner Sibanye

The Canadian streaming firm has bought all of Stillwater's gold production for the life of the mine and, initially, also 4.5% of its total palladium output.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 9:30 am

Barrick urges AJN to drop plans to buy interest in Kibali mine

Kibali gold mine aims at record output after underground ramp-up

DRC's Kibali is moving from underground mining by contractors to owner-mining, as has already happened at the company’s Loulo mines in Mali.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 7:54 am

Antofagasta copper output up in Q2 despite pipeline blockage at Los Pelambres

Antofagasta copper output up in Q2 despite Los Pelambres pipeline issue

Production in the second-quarter of the year jumped 6.1% to 163,200 tonnes, as higher output at its Centinela and Antucoya mines mitigated declines at Los Pelambres and Zaldívar.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 5:59 am

Tianqi Lithium inches nearer to Australian stake sale close

Tianqi goes ahead with $382-million Greenbushes lithium mine expansion

The expansion, on top of a $238 million upgrade due for completion in April, will double the mine’s production to 1.95 million tonnes a year of lithium concentrate a year from 2020.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 3:48 am

Codelco reaches agreement with Ministro Hales mine supervisors

Chile’s copper agency said US-China trade war to hit metal price

The ongoing trade war between the United States and China has forced the Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco) to revise downwards its average copper price prediction by $0.06 per pound to $3.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2018 | 8:50 am

Lumina Gold PEA adds 9 years to Cangrejos mine life

Ecuador mining reforms good news for Lumina Gold’s project

Companies can now perform non-systematic drilling during the early exploration phase of their mining concessions and without requiring an environmental license.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2018 | 4:39 am

Canada scaring mining investors with long, unclear permit processes

Study released Tuesday by the Fraser Institute, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec are the three main provinces where exploration permit processes have grown longer and less transparent over the past 10 years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2018 | 1:58 am