MOBI Latam, EnergyX aim to create Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chainBolivia has 9 million tonnes of identified lithium resources buried beneath its salt flats, yet the country has had barely any production of lithium chemicals.Staff Writer | April 20, 2022 | 12:24 pm
Fifth of Peru copper mining goes offline with more shutdowns likely“The nationalization of strategic resources is the cornerstone of a…Bloomberg News | April 20, 2022 | 10:06 am
Vale starts work on eliminating another upstream damThe new effort will focus on eliminating a dike from…Reuters | April 20, 2022 | 7:24 am
A miraculous covid-19 recovery but Dr Copper needs more tests LME three-month copper ended the first half of the year at $6,015 per tonne, up a whopping 38% from March lows. Reuters | July 2, 2020 | 9:14 am
Codelco says more pandemic restrictions would be ‘catastrophic’ The miner giant had held output and shipments of copper steady despite the growing crisis. Reuters | July 2, 2020 | 8:51 am
BHP’s Cerro Colorado to scale down operations Cerro Colorado produced 71,700 tonnes of copper in 2019. Reuters | July 1, 2020 | 10:55 am
Peru mining activity falls in May for third straight month The national INEI statistics agency said May copper output fell by 42.2%, while gold was down 65.1%. Reuters | July 1, 2020 | 9:17 am
Vale to relocate 50 people near dams, expanding ‘safety zone’ The move was based on conservative studies and an "extreme" hypothesis of a dam burst. Reuters | July 1, 2020 | 8:27 am
Goal of tailings management should be zero harm – report 142 scientists, community groups and NGOs from 24 countries published a set of guidelines for the safer storage of mine waste. MINING.com Editor | July 1, 2020 | 6:00 am
SolGold goes after rival Cornerstone Capital Resources The $102m all-stock offer seeks to consolidate SolGold's ownership of Alpala, one of the world’s largest and highest-grade copper deposits. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 30, 2020 | 4:00 am
Copper heads for best quarter since 2010 as supply worries mount There’s growing risk to mining in top producer Chile. Bloomberg News | June 29, 2020 | 11:54 am
More copper workers are falling ill in the world’s top producer Of Codelco’s 71,000 total workforce, 1,951 have been diagnosed with covid-19. Bloomberg News | June 29, 2020 | 11:02 am