Chile’s copper production is estimated to have declined by just 0.7% in 2020. While the country’s mining sector avoided a full-scale lockdown as seen in neighbouring Peru, operational restrictions and...
Coal production from the top ten companies fell from a collective 1,704Mt in 2019 to...
In 2020, Peru witnessed the highest fall in copper production in its history mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with...
The UK Government has announced that it will intervene with plans for the new deep coal mine in northern England,...
Western Australian group Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corp (WGAC) has announced its plans to publish a scorecard rating Western Australia miners...
Global silver mine production is estimated to have declined by 2.4% to 849.7 million ounces (moz) in 2020, the fourth consecutive annual decrease, partly owing to lockdowns and restrictions at…
After two consecutive years of flat growth, mainly due to lower ore grades and the production disruptions, the impact of COVID-19 on mining operations led to global copper production declining…
As a China National Coal Association report revealed, the number of coal mines will be reduced to 4,000 by the end of 2025 from about 4,700 at the end of…
Risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft said that more than half of these countries are dependent on the minerals and hydrocarbons they export – meaning the mining industry could face rough times…
Ten years after the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, data from the RMI Report 2020 shows that large mining companies score a low average…
After falling by an estimated 6% in 2020, the capital expenditure of 20 leading miners is expected to rise by 23% in 2021 to reach US$58bn. This will be the…
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