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Chile’s state miner Codelco, the world’s No.1 copper producer, plans to boost production at its El Teniente mine to more than 500,000 tonnes per year by 2025, a first in the operation’s history. The production increase would position the mine,...

Golden Predator Mining has agreed to an amendment accelerating its option to purchase 100% of the Reef Project from Precipitate Gold consolidating 100% ownership of the 3 Aces District. The Reef Project lies immediately north of the Company’s 3 Aces...

Yamana Gold, Glencore and Goldcorp have signed an agreement to develop and operate Yamana’s Agua Rica project in Argentina’s Catamarca Province using the infrastructure and facilities of Minera’s Alumbrera mine. The agreement is expected to extend the life of...

Gold Fields’ Granny Smith gold mine is set to install one of the world’s largest renewable energy microgrids powered by more than 20,000 solar panels and backed up by a 2MW /1MWh battery system. The mining company has contracted...

Barminco has been awarded an underground mining services contract at the Rampura Agucha Mine in India from Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) worth approximately $100 million. Barminco has operated at the Rampura Agucha Mine for HZL, a subsidiary of Vedanta...

The primary objective of the partnership is to establish and build a long-term relationship and work together on a variety of initiatives related to developing and delivering mine worker education and training programmes, enhancing innovation and technology adoption, and...

Ford is preparing to use blockchain technology to trace supplies of cobalt — a key ingredient for electric car batteries — in a bid to clamp down on labour exploitation. The US carmaker has teamed up with Korean battery...