The main goal of this challenge is to find out the process and/or technology to turn this waste into valuable raw materials.

Bolsonaro's father was among the wildcat miners who descended on the Amazonian gold mine of Serra Pelada in the 1980s.

A World Bank tribunal has ordered Colombia to repay a $19 million fine it levied on Glencore's coal mining subsidiary Prodeco.

Chile, which produces nearly one-third the world's copper, has suffered amid floundering global prices for the red metal.

The front-runner for October's presidential election has told companies that his team has been working on a plan to benefit the country's mining sector.

Rosebel mine was temporarily shuttered in early August after a clash between illegal miners and police, which left one person dead.

The suspension of the construction licence is forcing the company to reassess its plans for 2019.

The Canadian miner is reviewing the mine's geological model.