Aclara grows Carina Module rare earth resource in Brazil
Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) has boosted the total tonnage at its Carina Module rare earth project in Brazil by 77%, the company said Friday. The project in Goiás state now…
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Nutrien names insider Mark Thompson as CFO as potash market wobbles
Nutrien (TSX: NTR; NYSE: NTR), the world’s biggest fertilizer producer, has appointed a new chief financial officer amid an industry downturn that has dented profits. Mark Thompson, who has been…
Glencore scraps coal exit plan on investors’ pressure
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) followed shareholder opposition and scrapped on Wednesday plans to separate its coal division, which it had announced following its acquisition of assets last year from Teck Resources…
Cerrado Gold avoids new capital costs in plan to expand Don Nicolás mine in Argentina
Cerrado Gold (TSXV: CERT; US-OTC: CRDOF) says it plans to bring four sites at its Minera Don Nicolás (MDN) mine in southeast Argentina into production without capital spending because it’s…
Video: Chakana Copper aims to grow Soledad resource, CEO says
Chakana Copper (TSXV: PERU; US-OTC: CHKKF) aims to expand its initial Soledad copper, gold and silver resource in Peru to 10 million tonnes before wrapping an economic study around it,…
Video: Marimaca Copper aims at low-cost production in Chile’s Antofagasta
At a time when most copper projects are struggling with soaring capital costs, Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI; US-OTC: MARIF) expects its eponymous oxide project in Chile’s Atacama Desert to break the mould…
BHP turns to mediation to avoid strike at Escondida
BHP (ASX: BHP; LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP) plans to request the Chilean government mediate in talks with union leaders at Escondida to avert a strike at the operation, the world’s…
Gold Fields buys into Torq’s copper project in Chile
Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI; JSE: GFI) may invest US$48 million to advance Torq Resources’ (TSXV: TORQ; OTC: TRBMF) early-stage Santa Cecilia copper-gold project in Chile, according to a preliminary joint venture agreement. …
Capstone Copper balances higher value, costs in updated Santo Domingo study
Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC) increased the net present value of its fully-permitted Santo Domingo copper-iron-gold project in Chile by nearly a third while capital costs rose by more…
As majors thirst for copper, Filo bid premium seems awfully low
You might have seen the news: BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has just made its next major copper grab. This time, it’s for the prized Filo del Sol…
Silvercorp drops objection to Adventus deal in wake of Ecuador court ruling
Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE-AM: SVM) says it will proceed with its $200-million deal to acquire Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN), after a court challenge to the junior’s 75%-owned El Domo-Curipamba…
Rio Tinto open to major acquisitions to meet copper goals
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) said on Wednesday it would contemplate a significant copper acquisition if it added exceptional value, but noted that buying quality assets in…