Latin America Top Stories

Vale preparing for potential fuel leak from damaged ore carrier

MV Stellar Banner is stranded off the Brazilian northern coast.

Reuters | February 27, 2020 | 2:39 pm

Unigold continues to expand targets at Neita

Company released the results of two holes completed at the…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2020 | 12:03 pm

Canada backs Zijin Continental Gold acquisition

The deal received Investment Canada Act's approval, and all the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2020 | 6:46 am

Fresnillo exercises option to buy Naranjillo property

Naranjillo is a grassroots epithermal silver discovery located in the…

MINING.com Editor | February 26, 2020 | 12:10 pm

Ship carrying Vale iron ore damaged off Brazil coast

The ship's commander issued an emergency satellite alert on Tuesday…

Reuters | February 26, 2020 | 11:51 am

Gold Fields full-year profits rise, to raise funds

Salares Norte project in Chile is expected to have an average annual production of 450,000 ounces of gold over the first seven years

Reuters | February 12, 2020 | 9:45 am

Vale loses spot as world’s top iron ore producer to Rio Tinto

The negative effect on the miner's balance sheet will be formally informed when releasing full-year results on Feb. 20.

Reuters | February 12, 2020 | 5:05 am

Barrick beats forecasts, hikes dividend by 40% as gold prices soar

The miner will pay a dividend of 7 cents a share, up from 5 cents in the previous quarter.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 12, 2020 | 3:49 am

Volkswagen and Daimler push for more ‘sustainable’ Chile lithium

Move is a sign of growing supply chain concerns ahead of an expected electric vehicle boom.

Reuters | February 11, 2020 | 9:48 am

O3 Mining’s Jose Vizquerra has tough act to follow

In 1996, the company became the first Peruvian mining company to list on the NYSE. Today it has a $3.9 billion market capitalization.

Trish Saywell - The Northern Miner | February 11, 2020 | 9:30 am

BHP becomes world’s top copper producer

Output at Chile's state-owned producer Codelco dropped sharply in 2019, giving BHP the edge as the globe's number one producer of the metal.

Frik Els | February 10, 2020 | 5:35 pm

BHP in talks to delay copper shipments to China due to virus

Copper prices had slid for a record 14 straight days in London amid mounting concerns the coronavirus will aggravate the slowdown in global economic growth.

Bloomberg News | February 10, 2020 | 3:21 pm

Top lithium miner seeks to monitor water scarcity in parched Chile salt flat

A Chilean judge sided with local indigenous communities and knocked back an environmental remediation plan from SQM in December.

Reuters | February 10, 2020 | 10:29 am

Chile’s copper output down in 2019 on declining grades

Codelco contributed the most to the fall, producing 44,000 tonnes less than in 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 10, 2020 | 6:53 am

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