Latin America Top Stories

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…

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

Argentina’s lithium producers hopeful as Fernandez set to take power

The last Peronist president, Cristina Kirchner, imposed strict standards for…

Reuters | November 15, 2019 | 9:24 am

Eramet CEO says plans FID on Argentina lithium project in Q1 2020

Eramet earlier predicted the FID would be made at the…

Reuters | November 15, 2019 | 8:51 am

Global public consultation launched on tailings dam standards

The initiative aims to prevent a repeat of Vale's tailings…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 15, 2019 | 6:48 am

ABB commissions six gearless mill drives at Cobre Panama

Commercial production of copper now underway at large open pit Cobre Panama mine. Technology leader ABB has deployed six ABB gearless mill drives at […]

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2019 | 3:46 pm

BHP says Escondida copper mine in Chile operating at ‘reduced rate’

UJnion workers walked off the job for part of the day on Tuesday in solidarity with the anti-government protest movement across Chile.

Reuters | October 29, 2019 | 1:55 pm

SolGold strikes again in Ecuador’s Andean copper belt

The miner says improvements in copper and gold recoveries at its Alpala deposit in Ecuador could add $8.7bn of revenue over the planned mine life.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 29, 2019 | 6:57 am

Argentina’s President-elect Fernandez a boon for miners, despite expected protectionism

He has vowed to revisit the country’s controversial glacier protection law, and said his team is working on clear rules for the natural resources sector.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 28, 2019 | 9:28 am

Stung by sliding prices, lithium industry pares back expansions

Albemarle, SQM and other lithium producers have been scaling back expansion plans as near-term oversupply concerns drag on prices.

Reuters | October 28, 2019 | 5:10 am

Ecuador moving from explorers’ hotspot to copper exporter with first cargo

Mirador mine, in the southeastern Zamora-Chinchipe province, has copper reserves estimated 3.2 million tonnes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 28, 2019 | 3:53 am

Mexican governors reject cuts to mining fund

The Senate reallocated the resources in the fund from communities surrounding mining operations to the Public Education Secretariat.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 27, 2019 | 10:25 am

BHP and Vale’s Samarco licensed to restart operations

The news comes four years after the company's tailings dam burst at Germano in Brazil's worst environmental disaster.

MINING.com Editor | October 25, 2019 | 3:16 pm

Vale CEO says not yet time to resume dividends

The company struggles to restore production lost after regulators demanded that it shut down a series of other dams for safety reasons.

Reuters | October 25, 2019 | 9:38 am

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