Nevada Copper begins production at Pumpkin Hollow The company becomes the first new copper producer in the US over the last decade. Jackson Chen | December 16, 2019 | 11:01 am
Crisis is rocking Latin America. Peru is an island of uneasy calm Farmers in the Rio Tambo area feel betrayed by Peru’s president after his government gave final approval to Southern Copper Corp.’s Tia Maria project. Bloomberg News | December 15, 2019 | 10:05 am
Estonian scientists use silver for next generation of solar cells They developed compound semiconductor materials named kesterites. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 15, 2019 | 7:33 am
Bearish outlook for metal prices for 2020 — report But demand for lithium and cobalt is set to improve next year. MINING.com Editor | December 13, 2019 | 2:12 pm
British Columbia’s top mining stocks surge 87% in 2019 Liberty Gold recorded the largest one-year per-share growth: up 163.64%. Albert Van Santvoort, Business in Vancouver | December 13, 2019 | 12:22 pm
First Quantum launches arbitration against Zambian state miner Moves tries to resolve a dispute over a money transfer from Kansanshi Mining to parent company First Quantum. Reuters | December 13, 2019 | 4:00 am
BHP’s transformation boss to leave as part of internal overhaul Jonathan Price is the second major exit announced this week and is part of BHP’s strategy to shift certain responsibilities away from the executive team. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2019 | 3:43 am
Copper price jumps to 7-month high on Trump trade deal Bloomberg is reporting US president Trump has signed off on a phase-one deal with China. Frik Els | December 12, 2019 | 3:51 pm
CEO says Barrick has plenty of financial firepower to do deals Some day those might include a merger with Freeport-McMoRan. Bloomberg News | December 12, 2019 | 1:13 pm