Colombia to tender gold, coal assets by end of June The bidding round for coal exploration contracts opens this month, while gold round is expected in the first half of 2022. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2022 | 3:45 am
McEwen Mining chairman injects $15 million into company Reduced cash flow from operations in the first three months of the year left McEwen Mining in a "challenging” position. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2022 | 6:16 am
BHP’s Nickel West to be fully powered by renewables The 12-year deal with Italy's Enel will supply BHP with 100% of the power needed at three of its major nickel mines in Western Australia. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2022 | 3:54 am
Sigma Lithium to start civil works at vast Brazilian project Grota do Cirilo is the largest hard rock lithium project in the Americas, slated to produce 440,000 tonnes of concentrate per year by end of 2023. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2022 | 9:31 am
Albemarle, Mineral Resources to speed up Wodgina lithium mine restart The partners now expect first production from the idled lithium mine in May, to respond to "unprecedented” demand for the battery metal. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2022 | 5:54 am
Kinross Gold to sell Russian assets to Highland for $680 million The transaction, subject to Moscow's approval, is the first sale of a Western company’s assets in Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2022 | 3:46 am
Centerra Gold hands Kumtor mine to Kyrgyzstan, ending dispute Out-of-court settlement calls for Centerra to yield control of the vast gold mine to state-owned refiner Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC, which will return its 26% stake in the company. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2022 | 3:49 am
Teck’s Quebrada Blanca mine in Chile faces environmental charges Chile’s environmental regulator has filed eight charges claiming Teck failed to comply with vegetation and animals protection measures. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 1, 2022 | 7:07 am
Serbian elections could improve chances for Rio Tinto’s lithium project Should the country’s pro-mining president be re-elected, Rio Tinto could have a chance to have the licence for its Jadar project reinstated. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 1, 2022 | 3:49 am
Miners need to invest over $100 billion to meet copper demand The global copper industry needs to build mines that close what could be an annual supply deficit of 4.7 million tonnes by 2030, says CRU. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2022 | 4:44 am
