Latin America Top Stories

As lithium prices drop, private equity investors hunt for deals

Private equity groups and other investors have grown emboldened by the lithium industry's malaise, forging plans to invest billions of dollars in mining projects to develop the electric vehicle battery metal.

Reuters | November 22, 2019 | 10:43 am

China boosting coal power despite global plea to cut emissions

Beijing is set to fire up enough coal-based power plants…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 22, 2019 | 9:27 am

Vale returns looking for low-cost debt after Brumadinho tragedy

Vale is on course to end 2019 with roughly $18…

Reuters | November 21, 2019 | 1:07 pm

World’s No. 2 lithium miner SQM hit by weak prices, demand

The Chilean producer continues to suffer from dire conditions affecting…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 21, 2019 | 3:48 am

Autonomous drones to lead the way in mining surveillance technology — report

The technology is impactful, as it has the ability to…

MINING.com Editor | November 20, 2019 | 2:05 pm

Teck hires Barclays to sell Peru mine stake

Teck is likely to sell or seek a partner for Zafranal.

Reuters | November 20, 2019 | 1:36 pm

Chile’s Codelco set to get a slice of Ecuador’s copper riches

The world’s No. 1 copper producer is expected to ink a deal with Ecuador's Enami this week, to jointly develop the massive Llurimagua deposit.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 20, 2019 | 3:47 am

Great Panther reports second fatal accident in 10 days

The accidents occurred at the Coricancha mine in Peru and the Guanajuato mine in Mexico.

MINING.com Editor | November 19, 2019 | 2:03 pm

SEC opens preliminary probe of Vale over dam tragedy

The US regulator decided to proceed with the probe of the company last week after a meeting with Brazilian prosecutors.

Reuters | November 19, 2019 | 12:12 pm

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon hits “highest level in a decade”

Areas where trees have been removed soared 29.5% to 9,762 square km in the year to July 30, 2019 at a pace equivalent to about two soccer fields a minute — the fastest since 2008.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 18, 2019 | 10:14 am

Aurania continues to advance Lost Cities – Cutucu project

The Toronto-based miner intersected vein textures that are typical of epithermal gold-silver systems.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 18, 2019 | 6:15 am

Lundin kicks off production at Fruta del Norte mine in Ecuador

First export of gold concentrate and doré is expected by mid-December.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 18, 2019 | 3:48 am

Artisanal gold mining polluting Peruvian biodiversity hotspot -study

NASA LandSat images revealed that the Madre de Dios River watershed has up to 10 times the normal suspended sediment concentrations.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 17, 2019 | 7:00 am

Gold: Production and capital raising up, operating income down – Q2 2019

MINING.COM analysed the effect of the gold price on the gold mining industry using data from sister company Mining Intelligence’s proprietary Data Application.

Vladimir Basov | November 15, 2019 | 3:13 pm

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