Latin America Top Stories

Brumadinho dam disaster keeps hurting Vale: iron ore output falls 34%

The drop to 64.057 million tonnes came as several major operations remained fully or partially shut down in the second quarter following a deadly dam burst at the Corrego do Feijão mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 22, 2019 | 5:45 am

Serabi Gold moving forward with permitting third Brazilian mine, keeps guidance

The miner remains on track to produce between 40,000 and…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 22, 2019 | 4:14 am

Grupo Mexico’s activities in Guaymas suspended after sulfuric acid spill

The environmental protection agency ordered the closure because the mining…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 21, 2019 | 11:11 am

Antamina to spend $390m on mine reno

The company expects to be able to process 85 million…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 21, 2019 | 9:40 am

Silver-gold junior’s stock soars on boosted funding for Chile projects

The projects are located in Chile’s Antofagasta and Tarapaca regions.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 19, 2019 | 2:18 pm

Anglo American’s diamond unit takes sparkle away from results

Output from its De Beers unit dropped 14% amid weaker demand and lower prices.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 18, 2019 | 4:10 am

Reunion Gold’s shares jump on high-grade find in French Guiana

Mineralized stockpiles extracted returned an average of 17.3 g/t gold from 42 samples with the highest assay at 45.9 g/t gold.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 17, 2019 | 3:39 pm

BelAZ and ZYFRA to develop robotisation/AI technologies for mining industry

The company said it expects the solution will be in high demand in the markets of Sub-Saharian Africa, Chile, Peru and India.

MINING.com Editor | July 17, 2019 | 1:03 pm

Altamira to update resource at Cajueiro project in Brazil

Since its 2016 resource estimate, the company has drilled an additional 49 diamond drill holes totaling 3,154 metres.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 17, 2019 | 1:00 pm

How lithium-rich Chile botched a plan to attract battery makers

In March 2018, the Chilean government unveiled big news.

Reuters | July 17, 2019 | 10:22 am

Vale faces investors lawsuit linked to Brumadinho dam burst

Nearly 25 asset management firms and some pension funds are seeking compensation for losses derived from Vale's plummeting share price since the disaster.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 17, 2019 | 9:47 am