Brazil mine licence system faces court test
Brazil is trying to speed up mine approvals just as its Supreme Court weighs challenges that could undo parts of the country’s new environmental licensing system. The overhaul sets national…
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Vale buys Ligga iron ore stake for $190M
Vale (NYSE: VALE) confirmed it’s acquiring a 30% interest in Ligga to increase iron ore production, after the country’s stock exchange questioned why the deal hadn’t been disclosed to investors….
Brazil needs price floors to back processing, miners say
Brazil is on the cusp of a new policy to fund domestic refining for lithium and the world’s second-largest rare earth reserves, but miners say it lacks U.S.-style metal price…
Site visit: Saga races to define Labrador rare earths find
Northeast Labrador – In a small, treeless valley in remote Labrador, a camp of white tents is abuzz with activity as people scurry around to support the larger effort of exploring…
Vale speeds Salobo copper expansion, cuts costs
Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Base Metals (VBM) unit is adding about 30,000 tonnes of annual production at its Salobo mine, Brazil’s largest copper operation, after cutting capital costs and accelerating first…
Top 10 global miners: Zijin’s expansion pays off
Zijin Mining’s (SSE: 601899; SEHK: 2899) expansion strategy paid dividends as the Chinese miner topped global peers located outside North America and Australia for market capitalization. Attributable net income for 2025 jumped 62% to a…
AI boom lifts mining while competing for power
Alberta’s data-centre rush is spilling onto mine development, with E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF) saying opposition to nearby proposals is tarnishing the goodwill it built for its Clearwater lithium project. Facebook owner Meta…
Equinox hands CEO job to Orla’s Simpson
Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) will hand the CEO job to Orla Mining’s Jason Simpson on Nov. 1, reversing a leadership plan set when the companies agreed to merge in…
Rule Summit: Lara drills Planalto toward $1B Brazil copper test
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lara Exploration (TSXV: LRA; US-OTC: LRAXF) has seven rigs turning at its Planalto copper-gold project in Brazil, a 14,000-metre test of whether the Carajás discovery can…
Ero Copper sees resource growth potential in Brazil
New drilling at Ero Copper’s (TSX, NYSE: ERO) Furnas polymetallic project in northern Brazil has extended mineralization beyond the current resource model’s limits, reinforcing the potential for further growth at…
BHP loses bid to appeal Brazil dam disaster ruling
BHP (ASX: BHP) cannot appeal a U.K. court ruling that found the world’s largest miner liable for Brazil’s deadliest environmental disaster, tightening pressure ahead of a damages trial tied to…
Brazil court re-charges former Vale CEO
Brazil’s top court has reinstated criminal charges against former Vale (NYSE: VALE) CEO Fábio Schvartsman over the 2019 Brumadinho dam collapse, reversing a lower court decision that had dismissed the…