Glencore to sell 23% stake in Peruvian miner Volcan
Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has kicked off a sale process for its 23% stake in Peruvian zinc and silver miner Volcan. Delivering 2022 results, the Swiss company…
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Fortuna on track for African gold while riding out Mexican standoff, Peru protests
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) is pushing through a deadlock with Mexican authorities and the worst riots in Peru in decades without cutting production, even as it remains…
JV Article: NGEx Minerals steps up search for the Andes’ next giant metal district
The push for renewable energy and the electrification of road transport systems worldwide has many observers casting a worrying eye on potential supply constraints in copper markets. Vancouver-based junior NGEx…
Chile issues fresh measures against Lundin Mining for giant sinkhole
Chile’s environmental regulator SMA said on Wednesday it had issued fresh measures against a copper mine owned by Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) after detecting new leaks around a sinkhole that…
Video: Minefinder Keith Barron hunts for more gold in Ecuador with Aurania
Keith Barron, president and CEO of Aurania Resources, discusses the junior’s Lost Cities gold project in Ecuador. Barron, who was a principal of Aurelian Resources, which made the Fruta del…
Would-be lithium miners eye Chile’s Maricunga Salar
Despite tight restrictions, an Australian junior is planning to begin construction of Chile’s first new lithium project in decades. Home to the world’s largest lithium reserves, Chile’s exports of the…
Cyber threats on the rise for resource industries
Mining companies continue to embrace digital technology to improve productivity and safety, and to make the most of insights made possible by big data and increasingly connected equipment and operations….
Video: BHP Xplor VP Sonia Scarselli on the accelerator’s first cohort
The Northern Miner recently sat down with BHP Xplor’s VP Sonia Scarselli to discuss the recent announcement of the accelerator program’s first cohort of companies. The seven companies selected will…
Glencore reopens Peru copper mine with extra security
Antapaccay, one of Peru’s largest mines,on Jan. 31 with “increased security” after some of the protests waned.
Filo’s longest copper cuts in Argentina boost takeover appeal
Filo Mining’s (TSX: FIL; OTC: FLMMF) “impressive” drill results showing the longest interval yet from its Filo del Sol project in Argentina’s high Andes could make the company a buy-out…
Peru’s political crisis puts mining in the crosshairs
Peru’s ongoing political crisis spells more trouble for miners in the world’s No. 2 copper producing nation, following two years marked by increasingly frequent protests targeting the industry. The country…
Camino to partner with Japan’s Nittetsu at Los Chapitos in Peru
Camino Corp. (TSXV: COR) has signed a letter of intent to partner with Japan’s Nittetsu Mining Co. at its Los Chapitos copper exploration project in Peru. Nittetsu currently operates the…