June 7, 2013 Brazil’s Petrobras to exit Peru: report Firm is the most indebted publicly traded oil company.
June 6, 2013 Leading opponent of $5bn Newmont Conga mine in legal trouble The Peruvian regional president allegedly awarded "contracts to a local businessman in violation of rules on transparent bids."
June 6, 2013 Strange seismic activity below high-grade Colombia mineral deposits explained Colombia sits atop complex tectonic activity involving three plates: the Caribbean plate, the Panama plate, and the Nazca plate.
June 6, 2013 Emerging silver producers in Mexico A look at five companies flocking to the country to try their luck.
June 5, 2013 INFOGRAPHIC: Market intelligence for June 2013 Top 10 silver producing countries in 2012.
June 5, 2013 Lessons from economic crises in Argentina David Galland discusses the current economic crisis in the country and its likely political fallout, as well as its effects on expats living there.
June 5, 2013 Road blockade forces Rio Alto to suspend production at its Peruvian mine Local activists are protesting the Peruvian judicial system, the local district attorney and the state police force.
June 4, 2013 Falling commodity prices hit Aussie miners the hardest: profits fall 49% The world's 40 largest miners announced a massive $45 billion in writedowns last year.
June 4, 2013 Weapons-smuggling ship found in the US may be filled with gold It was used to smuggle guns to revolutionaries in Haiti, carried money and gold and it was at the centre of a mutiny.
June 4, 2013 Chinese firms go hunting for gold mines overseas China hosts less than 5% of the world's known gold reserves, while domestic mines are often readily exhausted.
China aluminum output at record, steel below 1 billion tons Aluminum production increased 2.4% to to 45.02 million tons, having risen every year this decade. January 19, 2026 | 09:27 am
