Peru central bank warns against anti-mining protests
A rising wave of anti-mining protest in Peru, which has paralyzed several operations in the world’s second largest copper producing country in the last few months, is already affecting investors’…
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Ganfeng Lithium lands fresh three-year supply deal with Tesla
Ganfeng Lithium, China’s No.1 producer of the battery metal, has signed a new contract with Tesla to supply the electric vehicles maker with battery-grade lithium hydroxide products for three years…
Protests force Peru’s largest copper mine to halt operations
Operations at Peru’s Antamina copper and zinc mine, jointly owned by Glencore (LSE: GLEN), BHP (NYSE: BHP; LES: BHP; ASX: BHP), Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) and Mitsubishi, were…
Chile copper output sinks to seven-month low
Copper production in Chile, the world’s top copper producer, registered in September its worst month for copper since February on the back of labour disruptions and falling ore grades at the…
Anglo American to halve indirect emissions by 2040
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) aims to halve its indirect greenhouse gases, known as Scope 3 emissions, by 2040 while it continues to boost the use of renewable energy across its…
Nickel, cobalt allow for cheaper, more efficient green hydrogen production
Researchers at Australia’s Curtin University have identified an electrocatalyst that, with added nickel and cobalt, makes green hydrogen from water in a cheaper and more efficient way compared to traditional…
Teck flags costs surge at Chile Quebrada Blanca expansion
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) Canada’s largest diversified miner, said this week that while construction of its massive Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 (QB2) expansion project in Chile is two-thirds…
Sibanye-Stillwater takes stake in Australia’s New Century Resources
Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) is extending its footprint to Australia with a US$46 million acquisition of a 19.99% stake in New Century Resources (ASX: NCZ), which owns the Century tailings…
Equinox breaks ground at what will be one of Canada’s largest gold mines
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE: EQX) has begun full-scale construction at its US$1.23 billion Greenstone Gold Mines project in Ontario, Canada, which is slated to become one of the country’s…
Sibanye-Stillwater buys nickel-copper mines in Brazil for US$1 billion
South Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) is buying two nickel and copper miners in Brazil from private equity firm Appian Capital in a US$1 billion deal that boosts the company’s growing battery materials…
Colombian regulator shelves AngloGold’s permit request for Quebradona
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU; ASX: AGG; JSE: ANG) said today that Colombia’s environmental regulator or ANLA, its initials in Spanish, had shelved the permit application for its Quebradona copper-gold project. …
Zijin opens Serbia’s largest copper mine
Zijin Mining, China’s largest gold miner, has begun operations at its Cukaru Peki copper and gold mine in Serbia. The asset, part of the Timok project, is expected to make the Balkan country Europe’s…