Ivanhoe to start copper exploration in Angola The Canadian miner has been granted exploration rights over an area the size of Switzerland for an initial period of five years. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2023 | 5:45 am
Gold nanoparticles create purple smoke Researchers have solved a 400-year-old alchemy puzzle. Staff Writer | November 27, 2023 | 5:05 am
IGO backs new CEO Vella after Rio Tinto dismissal IGO's board is siding with its CEO-elect Ivan Vella after concluding no information was compromised as a result of his actions. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2023 | 3:45 am
First Quantum says two contractors died in Zambia The Canadian miner has also halted its massive copper mine in Panama as the country's Supreme Court debates whether to cancel the mining contract. Reuters | November 27, 2023 | 3:37 am
China’s property stimulus creates iron ore price conundrum Can you end a years-long property crisis without triggering a surge in the commodity that stands to benefit most? Bloomberg News | November 26, 2023 | 2:22 pm
First Quantum warns of arbitration as Panama weighs copper contract Canada's First Quantum Minerals sent two notifications of intent to start an arbitration process against Panama. Reuters | November 26, 2023 | 12:22 pm
El Salvador wants humanitarian corridor for truckers stranded in Panama over mining protests El Salvador is asking the Panamanian government and civil society leaders to allow Salvadoran truckers to return home. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 26, 2023 | 12:07 pm
Peru suspends mining concessions in ecologically sensitive area of its northernmost department A supreme decree suspends, for 12 months, new mining petitions or concessions near the basin of the Nanay River. Staff Writer | November 26, 2023 | 10:53 am
Panama copper miners attacked by protesters, union boss says Protesters attacked workers leaving the Cobre Panama mine early Sunday. Bloomberg News | November 26, 2023 | 9:51 am
