Chilean miners ask leftist president-elect to foster country’s industry
A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests in 2019 was elected as Chile’s next president on December 19, following a bruising campaign…
Copper
Future of Canada’s off-grid mines crucial to decarbonization, says MAC’s Brendan Marshall
Brendan Marshall is a Vice President, Economic and Northern Affairs, at the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and works to advance the industry’s understanding of…
MMG shuts down Las Bambas copper mine as talks fail
Chinese miner MMG (HKG: 1208) is ending copper production from its Las Bambas mine in Peru on December 18 after talks with locals to end a…
Falco raises $17M for Horne 5 engineering, studies
Falco Resources (TSXV: FPC) has completed the last tranche of its $17.3 million private placement to continue engineering, technical and environmental studies related to its…
IGO to buy Western Areas for A$1.1B amid soaring nickel demand
Australian nickel and lithium miner IGO (ASX: IGO) is buying rival Western Areas (ASX: WSA) in an all-cash deal valued at A$1.1 billion (about US$793…
Hudbay releases initial estimate for Copper World, near Rosemont in Arizona
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) has released the initial resource estimate for its Copper World deposit with 272 million indicated tonnes and 142 million…
SolGold reports first resource estimate for Cacharposa deposit in Ecuador
SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) has released an initial resource estimate for its Cacharposa porphyry copper-gold deposit, part of the company’s Porvenir project in southern…
Stronger metal prices lift NPV of Copper Mountain’s Eva project in Australia to US$622M
Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC; ASX: C6C) has updated the economics for its Eva copper project, finding healthier economics thanks to higher metals prices, but…
Eldorado Gold eyes further growth outside Greece
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) says it has completed key growth projects at two of its assets — the Lamaque mine in Val d’Or,…
Strong EV sales will buoy battery metal prices next year
Electric vehicle sales have surged nearly 90% so far this year and will likely jump by 40% year-on-year in 2022, economist Patricia Mohr tells The…
Decarbonization plays the metals fiddle in 2022
The recent 26th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) brought about renewed vigour to phase down carbon dioxide emissions across the globe. Still,…
Rio Tinto to write off US$2.3B Oyu Tolgoi loan to Mongolia
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) will cancel a US$2.3 billion debt owed by Mongolia as part of the government’s share of the…