March 12, 2024 Former Vale board member claims political influence in CEO succession Last week, Vale extended the term of its CEO Eduardo Bartolomeo until the end of the year.
March 12, 2024 Pampa drills long copper interval at Piuquenes in Argentina In November, Pampa said it had entered into an option and joint venture agreement to acquire an 80% interest in the project.
March 11, 2024 Bolivia pitches Wall Street on bonds linked to lithium By tapping the market’s demand for clean-energy investments, the nation expects to drive borrowing costs to 10% or lower.
March 10, 2024 Global copper smelters less active in first two months of 2024 An average of 11.5% of copper smelter capacity monitored by Earth-i was inactive during January and February.
March 10, 2024 Ecuadorian government releases controversial prior consultation manual In the absence of an organic law that regulates the right to prior consultation, the Ecuadorian Ministry of Energy and Mines issued a manual.
March 9, 2024 Worker’s death spurs strike action at Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic mine Chilean media reported that mine workers blocked the entrance road to the Rodomiro Tomic mine and completely stopped production.
March 8, 2024 Vale CEO to keep job through 2024 as miner seeks successor Eduardo Bartolomeo will retain his job through December.
March 8, 2024 Worker dies in accident at Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic mine in northern Chile Activities were suspended at the area of the mine where the accident occurred, the company said.
March 8, 2024 Copper production by Chile’s Codelco slides, others climb in January Codelco, the world's top copper producer, saw its production sink nearly 16% year on year.
March 8, 2024 Peru copper output seen growing to 3mt in 2024, minister says The Chalcobamba project is expected to help Las Bambas eventually boost its output to approximately 400,000 tons of copper annually.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
