Lucapa Diamond ups resources at Angola mine by 48%
Shares in Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) jumped almost 5% on Monday after the Australian miner announced that inferred resources at its Lulo mine in Angola rose 48% last year. The Lulo mine, in…
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Covert forms of sexual harassment persist in Western Australia mining – study
Female mining workers in Western Australia report it’s common to experience condescending attitudes because of their gender, and to be subject to offensive sexist remarks, the Mental Awareness, Respect and…
Worker’s death spurs strike at Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic mine
Unionized workers have blocked Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic copper mine in northern Chile, following the death of Ana Camila Rojas Farías in an accident on Friday. The workers blocked the entrance…
Ecuador’s new consultation rules court controversy with Indigenous groups
Ecuador’s Energy and Mines ministry has issued new regulations governing Indigenous consultation on resource development, following a visit by the country’s President Daniel Noboa to Canada for the Prospectors and…
BHP becomes first miner in Chile to reach 40%+ female workforce
Women now represent 40.8% of BHP‘s (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) staff in Chile, making it the first miner in the country to reach this benchmark. The company, which…
Perseus extends bid for Tanzania gold developer OreCorp to April
Australia’s Perseus Mining (TSX: PRU; ASX: PRU) isn’t giving up on its plans to acquire African gold developer OreCorp (ASX: ORR), releasing on Friday a second supplementary bidder’s statement that…
Fortuna Silver takes US$90.6M charge on Mexican mine closure
After more than a decade in operations, Fortuna Silver (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) will cease activities at its San José mine in Mexico later this year, earlier than the previously…
SolGold to invest US$3.2B in Cascabel under deal signed with Ecuador
Shares in Ecuador-focused SolGold (LSE: SOLG; TSX: SOLG) shot up more than 23% on Wednesday after the company committed to invest US$3.2 billion in its flagship Cascabel copper-gold project and…
Adriatic Metals opens Bosnia-Herzegovina silver mine
Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT1; ASX: ADT) has officially opened its Vares silver project in central Bosnia, Europe’s first new mine in over a decade. Vares, which produced first concentrate last week,…
Hochschild Mining to expand in Brazil with gold project option
Precious metals producer Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) plans to expand its presence in Brazil through an option deal with Cerrado Gold (TSXV: CERT; US-OTC: CRDO.F) to acquire the Monte Do Carmo…
Cornish Metals speeds up work to reopen UK tin mine
Cornish Metals (TSXV: CUSN; LSE: CUSN) is speeding up work to reopen a past-producing tin mine at its South Crofty project in southwest England. The Canadian explorer and developer said today…
BHP inks tentative sales deals for its giant Jansen potash project
Jansen is expected to begin production in late 2026, ramping up to 4.35 million metric tons annually.