July 9, 2012 South American Silver’s Bolivian mining license revoked, workers set free Bolivian Labour Minister, Daniel Santalla, signed an agreement on Sunday with the leaders of the Andean local community of Malku Khota who were holding five employees of Canadian South American…
July 8, 2012 Fury over Conga threatens to overwhelm Peru’s president Peru's President Ollanta Humala declared a state of emergency and has now enlisted the help of the clergy after deadly clashes but the violence shows no signs of letting up.
July 7, 2012 Massive new Brazil mine will pipe iron-water slurry 420 kilometres to coast Hong Kong's Honbridge Holdings plans to build a 420 kilometre pipeline to move iron-ore from Brazil's Minas Gerais state to the coast in stead of building a railway line for…
July 7, 2012 Colombian coal workers vote to strike Colombian coal workers voted on Saturday to strike over pay and working conditions at the 3-million-tonne-per-year La Jagua mine of Glencore's Prodeco unit, a union said. Colombia is the world's…
July 6, 2012 Southern Legacy appoints key officers and seeks listing on the Lima Stock Exchange Effective immediately, Southern Legacy has appointed a new interim CEO and CFO as well as made decisions to expand the company's market access into Peru.
July 6, 2012 Bolivian farmer dies in demonstration against South American Silver A Bolivian farmer died on Friday and at least four others were injured when protesters occupied the Malku Khota project, operated by Canadian South American Silver in the Andean highlands.
July 6, 2012 Argentina’s glaciers law won’t affect Pascua Lama: Barrick Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold company, said a new ruling outlawing mining near glaciers in Argentina will not interfere with its Pascua-Lama mine, one of the world’s largest new…
July 6, 2012 Lupaka Gold and Andean American announce business combination to create a Peru focused gold exploration company The two companies have signed a binding letter of intent to create a new Peru-focused gold exploration company. Under the terms Andean American shareholders will receive 0.245 shares of Lupaka…
July 6, 2012 Xstrata-Glencore merger vote postponed: unions raise concerns Xstrata has delayed voting on a merger with Glencore as investors continue to dictate the offer and unions become more vocal about their concerns over the deal.
July 5, 2012 Dispute over Argentina’s Los Azules copper project just got uglier With the recent announcement that there’s much more copper in the Los Azules copper project in Argentina than initially thought, the stakes in a lawsuit contesting its ownership have become…
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
