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Venezuelan military destroys illegal mining operation in the Amazon

The Venezuelan military destroyed what they call a “logistic system” of illegal mining in the Yapacana national park.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 16, 2023 | 6:44 am

How humanity’s conquest of space will depend on mining lunar water

The clock is ticking to find suitable mining methods applicable…

Henry Lazenby | April 14, 2023 | 3:36 pm

Teck’s top shareholder backs Glencore takeover

CIC, which holds slightly over 10% of Teck’s Class B…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 14, 2023 | 6:56 am

Four killed in accident at Sibanye-Stillwater gold project in South Africa

Incident took place on Thursday when five contractors were installing…

Staff Writer | April 14, 2023 | 3:46 am

Iron ore price lowest in 3 months on China’s rumored plan to cap steel output

China to release plan to cap steel output at 2022…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 13, 2023 | 9:15 am

Nexa production drops, but financial results rise in Q1

One of the largest zinc mining companies in the world, the company reported consolidated net revenue of $722 million, compared to $603 million in the same period of 2020.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 29, 2022 | 8:19 am

Antofagasta opens remote operations centre at Centinela mine

The Chilean miner inaugurated this week a $66 million IROC for its Centinela copper mine in the country’s north.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 29, 2022 | 7:31 am

Eldorado Gold to resume Skouries construction in H2

Progress at the project, halted since 2017, has sped up in the past year thanks to a fresh deal between Eldorado and Greece.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 29, 2022 | 3:53 am

Champion Iron Q4 production drops 7% due to lower head grade, throughput

During Q4, the Bloom Lake operation produced 1.87 million tonnes of high-grade 66.2% iron concentrate.

Staff Writer | April 28, 2022 | 8:20 am

Gatos Silver halts operations as Mexican regulator pulls permit

Shares fell 7% following the suspension of the explosive and blasting permit.

Staff Writer | April 28, 2022 | 6:05 am

New annealing method maintains the structure of gold, silver in alloys

The development will prove useful in the manufacture of contact lenses, holographic optical elements and other optical components.

Staff Writer | April 28, 2022 | 5:05 am

Glencore hails trading unit outlook, cuts copper guidance

It said earnings from its marketing unit will “comfortably” top the highest end of its guidance range of $2.2 billion to $3.2 billion.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 28, 2022 | 3:47 am

Galantas Gold to kick off operations at Irish mine in June

The past producing Omagh mine in Northern Ireland is expected to yield between 4,500 to 5,500 ounces of gold for the balance of the year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 27, 2022 | 7:09 am

Petra Diamonds mulls sale of loss-making Koffiefontein mine

Petra wants to offload the Koffiefontein diamond mine in South Africa, which reaches the end of its productive life in 2025.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 27, 2022 | 3:48 am

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