Zijin Mining buys Canada’s Continental Gold in $1 billion deal The deal would give China’s No.1 gold producer access to the Buriticá gold project in Colombia, expected to begin production next year. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 2, 2019 | 5:00 am
Afghanistan cancels contract to US gold, copper miner News agency Khaama Press reports that President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani cancelled the contracts held by the JVs formed by US-based CENTAR Limited. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 1, 2019 | 12:37 pm
RANKED: Top 10 copper mining projects in the world Russia can lay claim to the globe's largest undeveloped copper project and two island nations also make the top ten ranking. Frik Els | November 29, 2019 | 4:34 pm
Codelco to cut spending by $8bn through 2028 as profit halves The world's largest copper miner saw pre-tax earnings to September fall by 57% due to heavy rains, strikes and lower metal prices. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 29, 2019 | 9:50 am
Tin prices face pressure from rising output, says ITA Benchmark tin prices have already been the worst performer on the London Metal Exchange this year, sliding 16%. Reuters | November 29, 2019 | 8:42 am
Cerro de Pasco acquires Volcan’s mining assets in Peru for $30 million Cerro de Pasco was one of the oldest and largest polymetallic mines in the world, operating for almost 400 years. MINING.com Editor | November 28, 2019 | 2:13 pm
Sego chooses new targets at Miner Mountain The target has local zones of 1% to 2% copper and 0.5 g/t gold. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 28, 2019 | 1:28 pm
‘The revolution is ongoing’: Bougainville to revive radical mining proposal Under the proposed mining law amendments, Bougainville would take a 60% share in all projects and retain all mining licences, leaving a 40% share that investors can bid for. Reuters | November 28, 2019 | 9:14 am
Chile protests threaten to dethrone world’s top copper producer Codelco planned to spend $20 billion to modernize its aging mines, but protests have undermined the state-owned miner's push. Bloomberg News | November 28, 2019 | 8:29 am