CIM 2021: Anglo American CEO Cutifani urges miners to ‘create the future’ – not be a victim of it
Tasked with talking about the role of mining in society as part of the opening plenary at this year’s virtual CIM convention, Anglo American (LSE:…
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Proposed new royalty unsettles miners in Chile
The return of high copper prices has come in the nick of time for Chile, but as the price for the red metal rallies, politicians…
TSX Venture up, April 26-30
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 2.56% to finish the trading week at 955.26. Spot gold declined by US$7.80 per oz., or 0.44%, to US$1,769.10…
TSX slightly up, April 26-30
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.03% to 19,108.33 during the April 26-30 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index slipped 3.78% to 106.88, and the…
Chile’s Pampa Camarones copper mine is up for sale
Chilean private equity fund Minería Activa has put up for sale its Pampa Camarones copper mine in the country’s far north amid an ongoing copper…
Deep-sea mining tests resume as lost robot rescued
Belgium’s Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) has resumed tests that could lead to the mining of battery minerals from the Pacific Ocean floor after it…
Ero Copper reports new copper zone below Vermelhos mine in Brazil
Ero Copper (TSX: ERO) says it has identified a new zone of mineralization at its Vermelhos project, an underground mine under development in Brazil and…
Fortuna Silver to buy Roxgold in US$884 million deal
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) is buying Roxgold (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) in an all-share deal valued at about $1 billion (US$884.32 million), as strong…
Tier One Silver on cusp of drilling Curibaya in Peru
In October, Auryn Resources was reorganized and split into three separate companies — Canada focused Fury Gold Mines (TSX: FURY NYSE-AM: FURY) and Peru-focused Sombrero…
Bolivia-focused Andean Precious Metals lists on TSXV
Silver producer Andean Precious Metals (TSXV: APM) listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange on March 29 with US$70 million in cash and the only producing…
Millennial Lithium achieves high purity battery-grade lithium at Argentinian project
Millennial Lithium (TSXV: ML) announced that it was able to produce lithium carbonate of battery-grade purity from the first batch of brine processed through the…
Vale buys Mitsui’s stake in Moatize amid plan to exit coal
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has inked a deal to acquire Mitsui & Co’s stake in the Moatize metallurgical and thermal coal mine and port project in…