RANKED: The world’s top 10 gold miners
Gold has re-emerged as one of the top asset classes of 2024, having risen by 12% year to date and shattered multiple records along the way. It is now well…
South America
Nexa Resources in talks to sell Peru copper project
Latin America-focused Nexa Resources (NYSE: NEXA), which operates the largest underground zinc mine in Peru, Cerro Lindo, is in talks to sell its Pukaqaqa copper project in the Andean country. The miner said in a note to the…
Codelco eyes 10% stake in Teck’s QB copper mine
Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco is considering acquiring a 10% stake in Teck Resources’ (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) Quebrada Blanca copper mine, currently held by state mining firm Enami,…
Aclara, VAC team up to boost REE magnets production
Rare earths developer Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) has entered into a strategic alliance with magnets producer VAC to provide a “mine-to-magnets” solution, targeting the growing market for responsibly produced permanent magnets needed…
OTC-listed Chilean Cobalt inks Glencore offtake deal
Less than a month after landing a potential debt financing deal to redevelop its past-producing La Cobaltera project in northern Chile, Chilean Cobalt (US-OTC: COBA) has signed a letter of…
Silvercorp deal for Adventus hits roadblock
Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM) says it’s reviewing plans to acquire Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN) after a local lawsuit challenged the target company’s environmental permit for its project in Ecuador. The…
Opinion: Want more investors? Act local
The mining industry must boost its support of local communities if it’s ever going to attract enough investors for the world to meet climate-change fighting goals, a new survey and…
BHP cuts employee incentives by 20% globally – report
BHP (LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP; ASX: BHP), the world’s largest miner is reportedly reducing by 20% short-term incentives offered for the 2023-24 fiscal year to all employees, the Australian Financial…
Brazil’s Lula to ‘demand’ Vale pay for mining disasters
The Brazilian President is expected to meet with Vale executives next week.
Antofagasta updates on US$4.4B Centinela expansion
Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has started installing a second concentrator in a Centinela copper mine expansion aiming to increase the company’s total production of the wiring and plumbing metal…
Gold, copper equities to rise, metals flat: analysts
Stocks in certain gold and copper producers are expected to gain this year even as a surge in the metals’ prices subsides, BMO Capital Markets says. Investors may seek attractive…
Tracing global nickel production to its sources
Nickel is an essential component in electric vehicle (EV) batteries, solar panels and alloys for the aerospace industry. Nickel demand for EVs is projected to grow about 40 times by…