September 9, 2012 Police shut down illegal gold mine in southern Colombia An illegal gold mine operating in a rural area in Huila, a province in southern Colombia, has been shut down, police said.
September 8, 2012 Workers at Peru’s only iron ore mine to strike Approximately 1,000 workers are expected to adhere to the strike.
September 6, 2012 Paramount raises San Miguel gold project resources estimate by 547% The new estimate reports 639,000 ounces of gold in the indicated category and another 830,000 ounces of gold classified as inferred.
September 6, 2012 Minera IRL Ltd Discovers New Mineralized System at Don Nicolas Project, Argentina Minera IRL Limited ( TSX:IRL) (AIM:MIRL) (BVL:MIRL), a Latin American-focused gold mining company, is pleased to announce the discovery of a significant […]
September 6, 2012 Inmet Mining to make $112 million bid for Petaquilla Minerals The Toronto-based company said the bid of 48 cents per share in cash represents a 37% premium at the close of Petaquilla's trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
September 6, 2012 Anti-mining protests take a toll on Peru’s foreign investment Instead of the lauded $6 billion in mining invested forecasted for 2013 earlier this year, SNMPE says the country’s sector will attract about $4 billion.
September 6, 2012 Brazil’s Vale to make billions off copper-devouring microbes Vale has teamed up with the University of São Paulo to identify bacteria and fungi capable of eating copper in a move which could generate an additional $1.4 billion in…
September 5, 2012 Colombian guerrilla attacks BHP coal mine An alleged unit from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, blew up Tuesday heavy equipment at the Colombian coal mine Cerrejon, in the northern province of La Guajira,…
September 5, 2012 Nationalization is no help ending a mine fight in Bolivia Over $1 million has lost Bolivia so far due to the conflict over rights at the silver, tin and zinc mine that used to belong to commodity trader Glencore (LON:GLEN),…
September 5, 2012 Mariana Resources intersects more silver and gold veins at Las Calandrias Project, Argentina Canadian explorer Mariana Resources (LON:MARL, TSX:MRY) said the latest set of drilling results from the Calandria Sur deposit in Argentina were “good” with 13 of 21 holes returning “significant intersections”…
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
