Canadian-based DeepRock Minerals has signed an option agreement with BHBC Exploração Mineral and RTB Geologia e Mineração to acquire the Esperança lithium property in southeast Brazil. The 2,969.15-hectare mineral claim package in the state of Minas Gerais is approximately 40 kilometres west of Sigma Lithium’s Grota do Cirilo property – the largest lithium hard rock deposit in the Americas. Per…
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Mining services group Fagundes Construção e Mineração has been awarded a five-year contract for mining services, including the furnishing of a 70-unit mining fleet, for Horizonte Minerals’ Araguaia nickel project in Brazil – on track for a 1Q24 start.
Read MorePPX Mining has retained Asesores y Consultores Mineros S.A. to aid in a modified environmental impact study application that would bring its plant at the Callanquitas mine at the Igor 4 concession in northern Peru to fruition. The current permit for the facility at the gold-silver asset allows for the construction of a heap leach beneficiation plant. However, after a…
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Peruvian miner Buenaventura has reported the suspension of operations at its Julcani mine after protesters entered and destroyed part of its facilities. Officials said in a statement to Reuters that, as just the latest miner to be impacted by ongoing and widespread protest activities against the government, the silver mine has been vandalized. The miner did not indicate the specific…
Read MoreMMG Limited’s Las Bambas may be forced to go into a period of care and maintenance if there are no changes to ongoing protests in Peru, the operator has warned. Officials said that transport disruptions have slowed down, affecting both inbound and outbound deliveries, which has resulted in a progressive slow-down to Las Bambas itself. It is now suffering a…
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Panama Deputy Environment Minister Diana Laguna said the country will not allow Canadian miner First Quantum to expand the area of its existing copper mining operations, reported Reuters.
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Diemme Filtration has confirmed the commencement of operations for its GHT5000 Domino, what it’s calling the world’s largest filter press, at the Toquepala copper mine in southern Peru. The company said the Domino is a pilot unit. If it performs as anticipated and produces the targeted moisture levels at scale, Diemme will install nine or 10 more units for a…
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Mineral resource company Wealth Minerals has announced a maiden NI 43-101 resource estimate for its Ollagüe lithium project in northern Chile.
Read MoreA Glencore copper operation in Peru has been targeted by vandals amid a rash of protests in the southern Andes, according to reports. Reuters said on 12 January that political protestors attacked the Antapaccay copper mine that day, citing a statement from a top mining official. The country is currently in the throes of its worst civil unrest in several…
Read MoreA major Indigenous group in Ecuador has warned it is making plans to hold protests at mining areas in the country. CONAIE leader Leonidas Iza told Reuters it and an anti-mining group voted to oppose the expansion of mining in Ecuador due to social and environmental impacts. It additionally voted to “prepare conditions of territorial defense” in present mining areas…
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