Peru candidate seeks bigger cut from mining, not state control

“We have a strong sense of urgency,” chief executive Andrew Mackenzie told reporters following the company’s annual general meeting in Melbourne.

According to the company's CEO, exploration is expected to start shortly in the form a ground magnetic survey over portions of the project.

Sebastian Pinera, front-runner in Sunday’s election, was so frugal with funding during first term that Codelco that company’s debt levels jumped 84 percent.

Statement by Amnesty International says while Apple is first company to publish names of its cobalt suppliers, other electronics brands made little progress.

According to the UN Environment Program's latest report, most of the 40 significant mine waste accidents in the past decade have involved dams or other storage areas that failed.

All over the world, it seems, geologists are revisiting old mine plans in a collective new zinc rush.

The Swiss commodity giant is reportedly finalizing a $700-million deal with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to create a new base-metals royalty vehicle.

The state-run firm also said that this year's output of electrolytic copper from its own concentrates will be 35,000 tonnes than the planned 401,000 tonnes due to an accident at its smelter.

The pigments were likely obtained as a byproduct of sulfurous ore smelting.