Teck flags costs surge at Quebrada Blanca expansion in Chile

Since early February, the Indigenous community of Nueva Fuerabamba has been blocking a national highway called Corredor Minero del Sur.

Pizarro said 18 labor negotiations at Codelco's mines affected its bottom line but that productivity increases kept costs in line with industry averages.

The company has intersected 175 metres of 0.28 g/t gold at its Blue Lake porphyry prospect in Papua New Guinea.

Output increase would position the mine, which produced 465,000 tonnes of the red metal in 2018, among the world's five largest copper operations.

Small miners are finding it increasingly difficult to raise capital to fund new ventures despite the positive demand outlook for several commodities.

The plan puts emphasis on emphasis on agritech, aerospace, defense, renewable energy and telecommunications.

The companies want to enter into an exploration agreement with an option to form a joint venture on the Garfield Flats project.

The Nanchang-based company posted net income of 2.45 billion yuan for last year, up from 1.61 billion yuan in 2017.

Currently there are no set of universal rules defining exactly what a tailings dam is, how to build one and how to care for it after it is decommissioned.