Shrinking demand to eclipse supply issues in tin market Tin prices on the London Metal Exchange at around $18,000 a tonne are down 15% since hitting one-year highs at $21,800 a tonne in February. Reuters | July 11, 2019 | 9:36 am
Chile to triple fines for environmental damages, infractions The government seeks to impose fines of up to $215,000 for each violation of the country’s environmental rules. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 10, 2019 | 9:38 am
University study confirms porphyry systems at Jaxon’s BC project Tourmaline breccia at the Red Springs project contains tourmaline which shows chaotic zonation, typical of mineralized porphyry systems. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 10, 2019 | 6:20 am
Hudbay Minerals’ Alan Hair steps down as CEO Former Nevsun Resources leader, Peter Kukielski, will serve as interim-CEO, while the miner looks for a permanent boss. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 10, 2019 | 4:46 am
CHART: Make money in resources? Invest privately Private capital invested in natural resources a decade ago returned 41% – S&P Natural Resources Index hardly broke even. Frik Els | July 9, 2019 | 3:01 pm
Azimut conducts predictive modeling in James Bay region, picks up four projects The company conducted its copper modeling project using public government data and its own proprietary data. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 9, 2019 | 2:47 pm
Peru gives Southern Copper construction permit on delayed $1.4bn project Southern Copper has spent years waiting for the final green light that consecutive governments had declined to give. Reuters | July 9, 2019 | 11:45 am
Nyrstar extends stoppage at Port Pirie smelter until late July Port Pirie produced 160,000 tonnes of lead metal last year, down 7% from the previous year. Reuters | July 9, 2019 | 9:13 am
Kaizen completes permitting process at Peruvian gold-copper project Now the Vancouver-based company can set a target date for its 2019 resource expansion and target testing drill program. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 9, 2019 | 6:25 am
