Nutrien to further boost potash output amid Belarus sanctions
Nutrien (TSX: NTR; NYSE: NTR), has decided to increase potash production by 500,000 tonnes this year on the back of newly imposed trade sanctions on Belarus. The boost, which will…
BHP
BHP to pick port ahead of Jansen potash mine decision
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP), the world’s largest miner, is weeks away from deciding whether to go ahead with its long-delayed Jansen potash project in Canada, more than…
Jetti Resources’ technology could help unlock millions of tonnes of copper from tailings
A new technology by Jetti Resources that can be used to extract copper from mine waste could be a “game-changer” for the copper industry, says Mike Outwin, Jetti’s CEO and…
BHP to pay $93m for environmental damages at Escondida
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP), the majority owner and operator of Escondida copper mine in Chile, will have to spend up to US$93 million as part of an…
Castillo Copper raises A$11.7M for copper projects in Australia and Zambia
Castillo Copper (ASX: CCZ; LSE: CCZ) plans to drill its flagship Mt. Oxide project in Australia’s Mt. Isa copper belt and its Luanshya and Mkushi projects in Zambia with the…
SolGold and Cornerstone to cooperate in Cascabel copper project
SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) and shareholder Cornerstone Capital Resources (TSXV: CGP) have ended a two-year standoff that cost the miner’s chief executive officer his post, agreeing to jointly advance…
Mineração Vale Verde completes Serrote copper-gold mine build
Privately held Mineração Vale Verde (MVV) and funding partner Appian Capital Advisory have completed construction of the Serrote copper-gold project in Alagoas, Brazil, ahead of schedule and under budget. At…
Balancing risk and reward in South America
The Northern Miner’s second-quarter Global Mining Symposium in mid-May was a great success, with 1,432 delegates tuning in from 86 countries. In this issue we cover the conference’s keynote speakers,…
World’s top 10 biggest copper mines
Copper, the highly conductive red metal vital to the manufacturing of products essential to the electrification of the world’s energy systems is also used in heating, cooling, electronics, power generation…
Iron ore prices hit new record
The price for iron ore surged to a record US$237.57 per tonne on May 12 as strong Chinese demand continued to outpace supply. The record price levels are supported by…
The West needs to level the playing field to compete with China
Access to the raw materials of the new green economy is increasingly a high-stakes chess match along geopolitical lines dividing the East and the West. China controls access to the…
Pro-foreign investment Lasso wins Ecuador presidential election
Guillermo Lasso, a 66-year-old conservative former banker, has won Ecuador’s presidential election with 52.5% of the vote, beating out Andrés Arauz, a 36-year-old leftist handpicked by former President Rafael Correa….