Horizonte Minerals in talks to fund nickel project overrun

The company has approached Mark Cutifani about becoming chair of the base metals business

For copper, which Peru is the world's second largest producer of, foreign sales fell 25% year-on-year in the first month of the year.

The company said last year that it would seek the certification for all its operations by the end of 2023.

The miner started this week the underground phase of the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.

The objective of the program is to find and promote new technologies and innovations related to lithium. Selected entrepreneurs will receive $25,000.

An extended suspension of operations may "negatively impact" the company's ability to meet its production guidance, Mineros says.

Gold miners across Antioquia and Cordoba provinces are protesting the destruction their machinery by authorities.

Panama's Maritime Authority has lifted a suspension on First Quantum's operations at the port of Punta Rincon.

The contract meets "the best interests for the country," Minister Federico Alfaro told Reuters.