October 7, 2023 Mexican president exhorts American company to settle after mine closure Andrés Manuel López Obrador repeated his accusations against Vulcan Materials for allegedly causing an environmental disaster in Quintana Roo.
October 6, 2023 Copper Study Group expects big supply surplus in 2024 Production is forecast to exceed usage by 467,000 metric tons in 2024, a significant upward revision from the expected 297,000 metric ton surplus from April.
October 6, 2023 Pan American Silver suspends operations at La Colorada following armed robbery There were no physical injuries to personnel in connection with the incident.
October 6, 2023 Codelco announces leadership shakeup, outgoing CFO to play key lithium role Alejandro Rivera has been closely involved with Codelco's lithium strategy for years.
October 6, 2023 Codelco reassessing costs of projects to upgrade mines Chairman Pacheco also said the company would maintain capital spending next year at $4 billion, roughly in line with 2023.
October 6, 2023 Strike at Newmont’s Peñaquito mine ends with 8% pay raise Agreement ends a four-month-long strike at Mexico’s largest gold mine, which cost Newmont millions of dollars a day.
October 5, 2023 Lundin in talks with Japanese trading houses to develop Argentina mine New CEO Jack Lundin said the company is conducting risk analysis before finalizing strategic partners to help develop the Josemaria copper-gold mine.
October 5, 2023 Codelco loses CFO in latest blow to world’s top copper miner Alejandro Rivera resigned as CFO a day after Codelco’s investment-grade credit rating was cut one notch by Moody’s.
October 5, 2023 Séguéla drives Fortuna to record gold production in Q3 The Yaramoko mine in Burkina Faso also saw a 25% increase in production.
October 5, 2023 Chile’s government looks to China to upgrade its economy beyond commodities While Chile’s trade with China surpassed $65 billion last year, most of its exports are dominated by copper and much of it is shipped in the form of concentrates
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