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Here’s what 50 million extra tonnes of iron ore will do to prices

Prices for the steel-making ingredient are down by 9.8% over a month ago and most of the massive projects expected to come on stream this year are not producing at full steam yet.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 20, 2016 | 5:34 am

Investors can’t get enough of South America’s ‘lithium triangle’

More than half of the world’s identified resources of the mineral are found in South America's "lithium triangle", a region where Canada's Wealth Minerals has been acquiring assets.

MINING.com Editor | September 20, 2016 | 4:30 am

Five years of deficits will keep zinc price on the boil

New report forecasts very tight market conditions as stocks drop to below 5% of consumption by the end of the decade compared to more than 11% this year.

Frik Els | September 20, 2016 | 3:59 am

Hudbay positioning itself for the next up cycle

With its Costancia mine now in full production, in Peru, Hudbay Minerals' COO talks about what's next.

Carmen Gomez-Cotta | September 18, 2016 | 1:45 pm

Brazil grants Vale license for S11D iron ore mine rail branch

The world's largest iron ore exporter will be able to haul S11D's output to the Port of Ponta da Madeira in Sao Luis.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 17, 2016 | 3:59 am

The world’s best-performing stock is a little-known silver producer

Hochschild Mining PLC, which operates three mines in Peru and one in Argentina, has soared 460 per cent in 2016, beating every other company in the Bloomberg world index of 5,125 stocks.

Bloomberg News | September 17, 2016 | 3:00 am

Strike ends at Anglo American Los Bronces mine in Chile

Los Bronces, Anglo American’s flagship operation, is expected to produce between 600,000 and 630,000 tonnes of copper this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2016 | 9:35 am

Barrick Gold halts Veladero mine on fresh cyanide spill

The incident happened on Sep. 8, when a pipe carrying process solution in the heap leach area was struck by a large block of ice that had rolled down the heap leach valley slope, Barrick said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 15, 2016 | 5:00 am

Endeavour to buy Mexican exploration properties from Silver Standard

The properties are located in the southern Chihuahua state.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 14, 2016 | 10:30 am

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