3+ day, 44+ min ago   (168+ words) New Simberi project area ASX-listed St Barbara has announced a binding agreement it will sell its remaining interest in the New Simberi gold project, in Papua New Guinea, as well as the Tabar Islands exploration licences to China's Lingbao Gold…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (291+ words) Chile President Jose Antonio Kast SANTIAGO - Chile has introduced a capital markets reform aimed at boosting early-stage mining exploration and attracting foreign capital to the world's top copper producer and second-largest lithium supplier, according to a government proposal presented on…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (165+ words) Hillside smelter, in South Africa NYSE and ASX-listed aluminium producer Alcoa Corporation has announced a proposed offering of $2.6-billion through its Alumina and Alcoa Nederland subsidiaries, offering senior notes due 2034 and 2036, respectively. Alcoa intends to use the net proceeds of…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (195+ words) Albemarle lithium mining in Chile Top lithium supplier Albemarle Corporation reached a preliminary wage agreement with union leaders in Chile on the final day of mediated talks before a strike was due to begin, the union said. The accord still…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (507+ words) Ivanhoe founder Robert Friedland Mining tycoon Robert Friedland said he’s fielding “unconventional interest,” including from US Big Tech, in Ivanhoe Mines’ fast-expanding copper exploration project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, highlighting growing anxieties about future supplies of the key…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (443+ words) Grota do Cirilo mine Nasdaq-, ASX- and TSX-V-listed Sigma Lithium says it has not received any legal communication regarding a preliminary judicial ruling issued without due process, which allegedly suspended its environmental licences for the Grota do Cirilo mine, in…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (241+ words) SANTIAGO - Chile should improve the performance of its existing copper smelters before building new ones, State copper commission Cochilco said on Monday, as global competition for copper concentrate intensifies. Chile has Latin America's largest smelting capacity, but its plants are…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (268+ words) First hot metal at Fortescue's Green Metal project Iron-ore major Fortescue has produced first hot metal at its Green Metal project at Christmas Creek, marking the first successful operation of its electric smelting process and a major step towards producing…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (379+ words) Vale mining operation in Brazil Brazilian iron-ore, copper and nickel producer Vale has launched a proposal to accelerate the growth of mining and position Brazil as a global leader in the sector, leveraging the country's industrial and socioeconomic development. The…...