November 10, 2021

Lithium rush has 57 firms sniffing around Chilean contracts

While the bidding process is still in an initial phase, authorities expect to have news on the contracts later this year.

November 10, 2021

Anglo American to invest $800 million in Brazil by 2025

Most of the investment will go to its giant Minas Rio iron ore mine, located in the mineral-rich state of Minas Gerais.

November 10, 2021

Vale Indonesia expects lower nickel matte production next year

The Indonesian arm of the Brazilian mining giant is expecting nickel matte production of 65,000 tonnes in 2022, compared with an annual average of 70,000-75,000 tonnes.

November 9, 2021

Codelco mine suffers landslide, no impact on operation

The Ministro Hales mine produced 144,000 tonnes of copper in the first nine months of the year.

November 9, 2021

Rio Tinto partners with nonprofit to support habitat restoration

Rio and RESOLVE to launch Regeneration, a start-up that will use the re-mining and processing of waste from legacy mine sites to support rehabilitation activities and restore natural environments.

November 9, 2021

Chinese-owned steel mill coats Serbian town in red dust; cancer spreads

A municipality of around 100,000 people reported 6,866 cancer cases in 2019, up from 1,738 in 2011.

November 9, 2021

Investors pushed mining giants to quit coal. Now it’s backfiring

Anglo American's strategy reversal has become a case study for unintended consequences.

November 8, 2021

Newcrest to acquire Pretium Resources in $2.8 billion deal

Pretivm is the owner of Brucejack in British Columbia, one of the highest-grade operating gold mines in the world.

November 8, 2021

Teck and Oldendorff team up to reduce supply chain CO2 emissions from BC port

The CO2 reductions represent Scope 1 emissions for Oldendorff and Scope 3 emissions for Teck.

November 8, 2021

AngloGold CEO cuts red tape to boost output and lower costs

AngloGold’s new “simplified structure” will mean local managers report only to the chief operations officer and chief executive officer.