The South African ferrochrome and chrome ore sectors are at a crucial juncture, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Merafe Resources reported on Tuesday, August 12. Sustained pressure from the... 

The high ferrous content of Kumba Iron Ore, which is produced in South Africa’s Northern Cape, is helping to lessen carbon dioxide (CO2) emission at a time when this is the global pursuit of... 

Copper miner Codelco received authorization from Chile's labor inspector office to begin resuming certain operations at its flagship El Teniente copper mine, it said on Saturday, after more than a... 

“We’re working with government, looking at possible solutions,” Glencore Alloys CEO Japie Fullard tells Mining Weekly amid Glencore reporting this week that not one of its ferrochrome smelters is... 

NYSE- and TSX-listed Barrick Mining announced on Friday it would sell its Alturas gold project in Chile to a unit of Singapore’s Boroo for $50-million in cash, plus a 0.5% net smelter return... 

The seismic event that caused a fatal collapse at Codelco’s biggest mine in Chile is likely to have been caused by mining activity rather than nature, according to a person with direct knowledge of... 

Global miners BHP Group and Vale have offered around $1.4-billion to settle a class action lawsuit in the United Kingdom tied to one of Brazil's worst-ever environmental disasters, the Financial... 

Vancouver-based gold and silver miner Pan American Silver has appointed Pablo Marcet to its board of directors with immediate effect. Marcet is a distinguished mining professional with more than... 

Vancouver-based Amerigo Resources  has temporarily suspended the processing of fresh tailings at its Minera Valle Central (MVC) operation in Chile following a deadly rockfall at its long-time... 

The minute that Eskom gives Khwelamet an economically feasible power price, the refurbishing of two of the four furnaces at the dormant former Metalloys plant in Meyerton will begin and take six to... 

Chile's state-run mining company Enami has kicked off a process to draw in investors for a $1.7-billion smelter in exchange for copper cathode supply, it said on Wednesday. The Hernan Videla Lira... 

Copper miner Codelco has asked Chile's mining regulator for permission to reopen a part of its flagship El Teniente mine after a collapse last week that killed six people, two sources with... 

Codelco stopped processing ore at its biggest copper mine in Chile after a deadly tunnel collapse July 31 prompted a halt of underground activities. The El Teniente complex ran out of stockpiled... 

During the first half of this year, diversified mining and marketing group Glencore continued to optimise the business and position it for further value accretive growth, CEO Gary Nagle reported on... 

NYSE- and TSX-listed gold miner Barrick Mining Corporation has fulfilled its commitment to provide disclosure on its tailings facilities, in accordance with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings... 

Gold Fields greenfields exploration VP Matthew Crawford has called on major gold companies to play a greater role in early-stage discovery, saying the burden of exploration is increasingly being... 

A years-long supply crunch in platinum has come to a head, with banks scrambling for dwindling stocks in London as buyers in China and the US hoover up much of the available metal. The market... 

 BHP and Lundin plan to soon apply for a new Argentine investment incentives scheme for their Vicuna copper project, but other miners fear they may get left out before the program's cut-off date a... 

TSX-listed First Quantum Minerals has entered into a gold streaming agreement with RGLD Gold, with First Quantum to receive a $1-billion upfront cash payment in exchange for gold deliveries... 

A development that is improving the demand outlook for South African platinum group metals (PGMs) is the announcement of a joint venture (JV) between Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation and China’s... 

McEwen Mining expects to complete a feasibility study for its Los Azules copper mine in Argentina in two months, paving the way for the Canadian miner to seek $600-million in financing needed to... 

Refinery services provider Heraeus finds in its latest precious metals appraisal that Chinese gold jewellery consumption has reduced owing to high prices – similar to what has happened in India.... 

Johannesburg Stock Exchange secondary-listed gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti has managed to repress costs to below 2% amid peer gold mining companies averaging above 15%. “We maintain cost... 

Copper rose for a second day as Chilean mining giant Codelco grappled with the aftermath of a deadly accident at one of the world’s biggest underground mines. Six people were killed in a tunnel... 

Citi raised its gold price forecast over next three months to $3 500 per ounce on Monday from $3 300, and the expected trading range to $3 300 to $3 600 from $3 100 to $3 500, on the belief that... 

Top iron-ore producer Vale continues to weigh an investment in Eurasian Resources Group’s Brazilian mine project, but says it has not yet found a cost-effective way to develop it. “The volume of... 

Informal miners in Peru suspended talks with the government and may resume protests due to disagreements in negotiations, one of the protest leaders said on Friday. CONFEMIN union leader, Maximo... 

 All five workers at Chile's El Teniente copper mine who were trapped in a collapse last week have been found dead, miner Codelco said on Sunday, as it vowed to investigate the cause and improve... 

Chilean copper producer Codelco has still not had contact with five missing workers at El Teniente's Andesita unit following a seismic incident that killed one person, El Teniente's general manager... 

The second-quarter earnings and free cash flow of AngloGold Ashanti more than doubled year-on-year, driven by the high gold price and what the New York- and Johannesburg-listed company highlights... 

Chilean copper miner Codelco said on Thursday that one worker died at the Andesita project of its El Teniente mine after what it called a “seismic event” around 5:30 p.m. local time. The company... 

TSX- and ASX-listed Capstone Copper reported its highest-ever quarterly revenue and adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda), buoyed by strong sulphide copper...