February 1, 2023 Tombador Iron halts Brazil mine due to unrest Protests have erupted in Brazil as supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro try prompting a military coup to overthrow Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
January 31, 2023 Vale’s fourth-quarter iron ore output edges down Vale blamed seasonally higher rainfall levels in its mines in Brazil for missing its forecast.
January 31, 2023 Agnico Eagle’s dealmaking brings top gold mines into fold Yamana shareholders have endorsed a $4.8 billion deal that sees Agnico consolidate the Canadian Malartic mine.
January 31, 2023 Illegal mining in Central, South America decimating snake populations A recent study found that illegal gold and copper mining in Ecuador, Colombia and Panama is decimating the populations of five newly-described tree-dwelling snake species.
January 30, 2023 Brazil miner lobby seeks end to illegal mining that caused Yanomami tragedy Ibram, which represents multinational and large domestic mining firms operating in Brazil, is asking the new government to take steps to break a network that launders illegal gold.
January 30, 2023 RANKED: World’s biggest copper projects — 2023 Once again, Northern Dynasty's Pebble project located near the Bristol Bay region of Alaska takes first place.
January 30, 2023 MMG flags production halt at Las Bambas in Peru due to protests The disruption coincides with operational setbacks and regulatory headwinds in neighboring Chile.
January 27, 2023 Vancouver miners look to lithium rush in South America, Nevada Of the Canadian companies with lithium projects in Nevada and-or South America, Lithium Americas is the most advanced.
January 27, 2023 Peru’s violent protests imperil 30% of its copper output The unrest also jeopardizes the rollout of $53.7 billion in possible investments at a time when the world needs to accelerate decarbonization.
January 27, 2023 Brazil govt eyes compensation deal for 2015 Vale-BHP dam burst Brazil's Institutional Relations minister on Friday said the government would try to ink a deal "as soon as possible" to compensate victims.
Amazon to be first user of copper made by Rio Tinto venture AWS will use Nuton's copper products across its US data centers over a two-year period. January 15, 2026 | 09:58 am
