April 1, 2020

Waste molybdenum ore spill in China spreads 110 km downstream

There were no casualties reported.

March 30, 2020

EMX acquires 18 Chilean royalties from Revelo

The Vancouver-based firms signed a $1.16-million deal.

March 26, 2020

Northern Dynasty’s Pebble permit decision unaffected by covid-19 precautions

The company is still targeting a federal permit decision by mid-2020.

February 20, 2020

Newmont, Teck to invest $152m in Chilean copper-gold project

Their NuevaUnión 50-50 JV will conduct two drilling campaigns to reduce geological uncertainty at La Fortuna deposit.

February 19, 2020

Hudbay secures access to Pampacancha deposit in Peru

The land agreement with the Chilloroya community paves the way for mining to begin by year-end.

February 6, 2020

LME to keep open-outcry closing prices after electronic trial

During a consultation period, some LME users said it was difficult to obtain guaranteed execution against closing nickel prices when the electronic system was used

January 10, 2020

As metal trade shrinks, exchanges fight back with new products

It was a year to forget for many of the base metals with copper, aluminium, zinc and lead closing out 2019 little changed from year-start levels.

January 2, 2020

Top 50 biggest stage.mining.companies enter 2020 near $1 trillion value

MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest stage.mining.companies based on market value shows a revived industry entering the 2020s, but with diverging […]

November 27, 2019

Plentiful supplies to hamper molybdenum’s price rally

Expectations are for the molybdenum market estimated at around 580 million lbs to be balanced or see a small deficit this year.

November 21, 2019

KGHM says Chile protests, potential tax changes could impact business

KGHM owns a 55% stake in Chile's Sierra Gorda copper-molybdenum mine in the Atacama Desert.