July 11, 2012 Bolivia seizes South American Silver’s assets Bolivian President Evo Morales has nationalized the assets of Vancouver-based South American Silver, accusing the miner of causing a conflict that saw violence erupt among communities around the mining project…
July 11, 2012 Xstrata-Glencore merger to be decided Sep 7 Giant miner Xstrata has set Sep. 7 as the day for its shareholders to vote on the $26 billion takeover by Glencore, giving the commodities trader six weeks to reach…
July 11, 2012 Goldcorp lowers guidance due to drought and production delays Goldcorp, the world's second-largest gold miner, said expected gold production would drop 8% due to problems at Peñasquito and Red Lake.
July 10, 2012 Fitch gives Codelco an A+ Codelco possess 9% of the world's known copper reserves and the A+ rating reflects Codelco's total ownership by the Government of Chile and its strategic importance to the country.
July 10, 2012 Amerix reports additional gold results from drilling at Limao property in Brazil The company reports a grading intersected at 9.89m of 8.2 grams gold per tonne a the Limão gold property.
July 10, 2012 Mexican workers stop Excellon Resources operations amid IIROC’s decision to impose a trade halt Unionized workers of Durango Sate in Mexico, forced Canadian miner Excellon Resources to halt its operations at San Pedro mine after over 70 union members occupied the facilities last night.
July 10, 2012 Teck weighs future of its $5.6 billion expansion project in Chile Canadian miner Teck Resources has temporarily withdrawn the Social and Environmental Impact Assessment application for its $5.6 billion Quebrada Blanca II expansion project in northern Chile.
July 10, 2012 Anglo American optimistic on its $3 billion Peru copper project Despite the recent deadly and divisive disputes over mining projects in Peru, London- based mining giant Anglo American says it hopes to begin construction of its $3 billion Quellaveco copper…
July 10, 2012 Esperanza reports Cerro Jumil drill results The results highlight two separate intervals, one with 67.5m containing 1.0 grams of g/t and another interval containing 12m of 1.6 grams of g/t.
July 9, 2012 Amarillo Gold discovers New Gold zones at Lavras do Sul in Brazil, 55m @ 2.06 g/t Au and 36m @ 1.05 g/t Au The final round of drill results from the company's program at the Butia prospect contained an indicated resource of 215,000 ounces of gold from 6.4 MT at 1.05 g/t Au.
Chile’s Mantoverde copper output hit as labor talks stall, union says The labor authority had notified that the company will not have emergency personnel from the union to keep facilities operational. January 12, 2026 | 11:18 am
