Mexico mining output to shrink 17% in 2020

The mining giant will add those jobs during the next 12 months.

Miner said it would the project back into "care and maintenance" and re-assess its investment in it upon approval and receipt of required permits.

Move follows the reception of key permit — the signed Record of Decision (ROD) on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project.

Aggregate market cap of the top 100 junior mining companies was up 7% to $12.2 billion, a level not seen since 2010, but the group significantly underperformed the Venture Exchange as a whole.

Community protests had forced the firm to halt output at Uchucchacua last week.

Production at Buenaventura's Uchucchacua (NYSE:BVN) silver-lead-zinc mine in Peru has been disrupted since Tuesday due to a dispute with the Oyon, an Andean people.

Hecla Mining's (NYSE:HL) proposed Rock Creek mine in northwestern Montana has received a boost from a recent federal government decision.

World's biggest miner is getting ready to provide enough copper for the 140 million electric cars forecast by 2035.

General managers average $212,790 per year at Canadian mines