Mitsui & Co. boosts stake in Collahuasi copper mineDeal leaves the Japanese trading house with a 12% interest in the open-pit operation, the world's second largest copper mine.Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2021 | 3:56 am
Fundão dam disaster case judge’s impartiality under scrutinyProsecutors alleged 'repeated abusive conduct' practiced by the court of…MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 23, 2021 | 11:15 am
Canadian miner is ‘optimistic’ of end ahead in Mexican standoffAmericas Gold is optimistic that a dispute that has shuttered…Bloomberg News | March 22, 2021 | 1:47 pm
Mexican election to pose limited risks to positive mining outlook: BMI According to the market research firm, a possible victory by leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador poses “minimal downside risks to an otherwise strong outlook” for the country's mining industry. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 28, 2018 | 6:15 pm
Giustra-backed Lithium X plunges on doubts about Chinese buyer The Vancouver-based company fell the most in nearly two years Wednesday. Bloomberg News | February 28, 2018 | 4:29 pm
Billionaire Lundin chases base-metal buy with $3 billion budget Copper ‘might be the easiest asset to work with:’ Lukas Lundin. Bloomberg News | February 28, 2018 | 4:19 pm
Samarco iron ore mine could reopen this year Samarco Mineracao – a Vale-BHP joint venture – ceased operations in November 2015 following a deadly tailings dam burst. MINING.com Editor | February 28, 2018 | 11:37 am
Brazil’s Vale 4th-qtr profit misses as costs rise, forex weighs Vale said in a securities filing that net income totaled $771 million, compared with an average consensus estimate of $2.537 billion. Reuters | February 27, 2018 | 4:19 pm
Lithium glut? No way, say industry executives eyeing demand Prices for lithium have more than doubled in the past two years on forecasts for massive demand from the electric vehicle industry. Reuters | February 27, 2018 | 3:11 pm
Fresnillo tanks as 2017 profit misses expectations, says costs to rise The Mexico-focused precious metals miner expects cost inflation this year to be about 7%, compared with the 6.4% it faced in 2017. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2018 | 7:50 am
Venezuelan government defends Mining Arc, environmentalists say it’s not working Very few of the 150 companies who expressed interest in investing in the Mining Arc actually presented concrete offers. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 26, 2018 | 5:41 pm
BHP’s productivity gains are cheered by investors — and unions BHP has said it expects to deliver $2 billion of net productivity gains by the end of the 2019 financial year. Bloomberg News | February 26, 2018 | 11:25 am