Chile’s national mining association SONAMI has welcomed the weekend rejection of the proposed new constitution for the world’s number-one copper producer, sending lawmakers back to the drawing board to create…
Colombian finance minister José Antonio Ocampo said the government has withdrawn a plan to introduce a 10% duty on gold exports included in the tax reform bill submitted by the…
Burkina Faso news sources report that two Trevali Mining (TSX: TV) executives were arrested in the country due to the tragic flooding at the Perkoa zinc mine that trapped and…
Chilean authorities say they can “confirm” the massive 36.5-metre diameter sinkhole which emerged on July 30 near Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN)’s Alcaparrosa copper mine is tied to mining “overexploitation”. Lundin’s Chilean unit…
A rash of permit rejections for mining projects by the new left-wing government has rattled nerves in Chile’s mining industry. First came the rejection of Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) US$3-billion…
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-AM: TGB; LSE: TKO) has scored a small, but key win in the long-dragged permitting process for its Florence copper project in Arizona as the U.S….
Australian copper producer OZ Minerals (ASX: OZL) rejected on Monday an unsolicited A$8.4 billion (US$5.8 billion) takeover bid from the world’s largest miner BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX:BHP), stating…
Australia-based Greenland Minerals (ASX: GGG) said on Tuesday it will fight the Greenland government’s draft decision to reject a mining permit for the company’s Kvanefjeld rare earths project, based on a nationwide…
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and the Pakistan government have agreed on the structure governing the funding and profit-sharing of the US$7 billion Reko Diq copper-gold deposit. The agreement in…
Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) has scored a win in Ecuador as a local court upheld the validity of the company’s environmental permits for exploration at its Loma Larga gold underground…
Sigma Lithium (TSXV: SGML; NASDAQ: SGML) says its 25%-ready Grota do Cirilo lithium project in Brazil will benefit from a presidential decree issued last week allowing unrestricted trade of any…
Shares in Savannah Resources (AIM: SAV) fell as much as 35% in early trading today after revealing the sudden exit of its chief executive and having to complete an additional…
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