Peruvian communities agree to lift road blockade affecting Las Bambas mine

The KSM project has been described as one of the largest undeveloped gold projects in the world, measured by reserves.

In its current form, the epidemic won’t impact the nation’s cobalt production, as the vast distance from the Katanga region largely prevents its spread, says global risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft.

The gold-rich area is about 30 metres from surface and open at depth.

Industry and congressional opposition to altering the mining law have combined to make it maddeningly difficult to reform. This may be changing.

SNC says it had recently updated Codelco on the status of the project, including what it called delays "that were the responsibility of Codelco."

Argentina is eyeing its first major new mining project in two decades, nudged forward by President Mauricio Macri’s market-oriented policies.

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has promised to steer clear of matters involving the controversial Pebble Mine, which his former employer Faegre Baker Daniels LLP had represented.

The move is part of an aggressive transformation of the Chilean state-miner, which is looking at adding fresh technologies to revitalizing some of its century-old mines.

The company says the acquisition of the St. Laurent project supports its strategy of exploring for battery and energy metals.