Rio Tinto’s Nuton, Arizona Sonoran Copper ink joint venture option on Cactus projectRio Tinto invested C$30.5 million for a 7.4% stake last year in the project.Henry Lazenby | December 14, 2023 | 5:20 pm
Workers at Antofagasta copper mine approve contract offer, averting strikeThe nearly 400 employees represented by the union rejected an…Reuters | December 14, 2023 | 12:03 pm
South32 yet to invoke force majeure in ColombiaAt Cerro Matoso, members of two communities have blocked access…Bloomberg News | December 14, 2023 | 10:22 am
Rio Tinto sees robust short term outlook for copper The miner started this week the underground phase of the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia. Reuters | March 14, 2023 | 7:34 am
SQM launches corporate acceleration program for entrepreneurs and startups The objective of the program is to find and promote new technologies and innovations related to lithium. Selected entrepreneurs will receive $25,000. Staff Writer | March 13, 2023 | 4:00 pm
Trafigura’s head of metals operations to leave in restructuring Svetlana Kabanova, who ran operations for Trafigura’s metals trading unit, is leaving the company. Bloomberg News | March 13, 2023 | 1:39 pm
Sibanye halts underground production at Stillwater West mine for four weeks Maintenance servicing the vertical shaft accessing the deeper levels of the Montana PGM mine resulted in structural damage. Staff Writer | March 13, 2023 | 11:50 am
Work set to resume at Simandou after Guinea, shareholders agree on terms Guinea's transitional government ordered work to stop last July to try to force the shareholders to agree on joint venture terms. Reuters | March 13, 2023 | 11:11 am
Rio Tinto starts underground production at Oyu Tolgoi It is expected to become the fourth-largest copper mine in the world by 2030. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 13, 2023 | 4:04 am
Nornickel board rejects Rusal proposal to replace chairman Rusal had proposed replacing current chairman Andrei Bugrov with independent director. Reuters | March 13, 2023 | 3:52 am
Highland Gold owner weighs buying Polymetal assets Mining magnate Vladislav Sviblov is weighing a purchase of some of the Russian assets of Polymetal. Bloomberg News | March 11, 2023 | 6:46 pm
Panama gives First Quantum go-ahead to operate port terminal Panama's Maritime Authority has lifted a suspension on First Quantum's operations at the port of Punta Rincon. Reuters | March 11, 2023 | 6:25 pm