IGO drops plan to buy Glencore’s copper mine The CSA mine is one of Australia's highest-grade copper mines and produces about 50,000 tonnes every year. Reuters | February 28, 2022 | 4:09 pm
Honduras to cancel environmental permits for mining, ban open pits The announcement comes from the barely a month-old government of leftist President Xiomara Castro. Reuters | February 28, 2022 | 4:04 pm
Colombia Cerrejon’s coal output soars 89% in 2021 Cerrejon's production jumped to 23.4 million tonnes, recovering from the hit from a three-month strike and the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Reuters | February 28, 2022 | 8:54 am
Colombia mine explosion kills 13 people, four missing Colombia saw 128 mining accidents in 2021, which killed 148 dead. Reuters | February 28, 2022 | 7:49 am
Harmony Gold sees price boost from Russia-Ukraine crisis Gold has risen by about 6% so far in February in the build-up to Russia's Ukraine invasion. Reuters | February 28, 2022 | 7:34 am
Rio Tinto settles with Australian watchdog on Mozambique disclosure breach Company has agreed to pay a small penalty for overstating its Mozambique coal reserves in 2012. Reuters | February 28, 2022 | 7:27 am
Sandvik pauses Russian operations Russia accounted for 3.5% of Sandvik's sales in 2021. Reuters | February 28, 2022 | 7:20 am
Lithium Americas considers spinning off US operations The separation would create an independent public company focused on the Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada. Reuters | February 28, 2022 | 7:18 am
Australian mining billionaire to invest $2.2bn in renewable energy project Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy has acquired the Clarke Creek project - a wind, solar and battery farm development. Reuters | February 27, 2022 | 10:03 am
Vale to pay $46m for failing to meet deadline to decommission tailings dams The company will also undertake a series of obligations to remove all of its upstream tailing dams. Reuters | February 25, 2022 | 1:08 pm
US miners irked that Pentagon mineral stockpile plan bypasses them American miners are frustrated the Pentagon is looking to Canada, Australia and elsewhere. Reuters | February 25, 2022 | 1:03 pm
LME says some members may have positions subject to sanctions So far the LME has not had to suspend any of its brands due to sanctions, but the exchange said it was ready to take action if necessary. Reuters | February 25, 2022 | 10:40 am