Trump hurries to loosen mining regulations, approve projects
Outgoing US President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to loosen mining regulations and green light new mineral projects before...
Protest blocks $530m worth of copper from Las Bambas
A three-week-long roadblock protest by locals has prevented Las Bambas mine in Peru, run by MMG, from exporting 189,000 tonnes of copper...
Gold price begins new year on a high
Gold is off to a good start in 2021 after recording its best yearly gain in a decade. Prices surged above $1,900 an ounce on Monday to...
Sample recovered 220 years ago turns out to be new mineral
Researchers from London’s Natural History Museum, the Diamond Lightsource in Harwell, Oxford, and Slovakia discovered a new mineral...