May 13, 2022 Brumadinho won’t break Vale, but the piper still hasn’t been fully paid U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit against Vale related to the Brumadinho tailings dam failure three years ago is a reminder that the total consequences for the catastrophe are still…
May 13, 2022 Chile’s climate scientist minister eyes tougher rules for top copper mining nation Maisa Rojas, a leading climate scientist with a PhD from Oxford, is on a mission to strengthen the Andean country's environmental rules.
May 13, 2022 Discovery Silver drills 234 g/t Ag over 18 metres below open pit at Cordero The latest drilling at Cordero continued to intercept high grades in and around the open pit defined in the 2021 preliminary economic assessment.
May 12, 2022 BHP targets Chile expansion under ‘right conditions,’ says CEO The mining sector in the Andean nation faces uncertainty as the country drafts a new constitution, which could lead to tighter environmental regulation for key minerals.
May 12, 2022 Peru community wants its land back, threatening Chinese copper mine Las Bamas acknowledges that 20% of its obligations under a resettlement agreement are outstanding, including the purchase of new lands for the community.
May 12, 2022 Hochschild Mining earmarks $200m to build gold mine in Brazil Posse gold mine is expected to produce 102,000 ounces of gold per year in the first four years, dropping to 84,000 ounces after that.
May 12, 2022 Interview: Antofagasta CEO Iván Arriagada on the company’s digital transformation roadmap Expansion will be transformational, says Arriagada.
May 11, 2022 Barrick ramps up mine stocks to weather supply chain storm Barrick Gold has nearly doubled its inventory of some key supplies at mines, CEO Mark Bristow says.
May 11, 2022 Buenaventura says San Gabriel gold-silver project to produce by 2024 The miner aims to reach an annual output of between 120,000 and 150,000 ounces of gold in three or four years.
May 11, 2022 Newmont expects to pull trigger on $2bn Peru gold project mid-year Newmont says the Yanacocha Sulfides project would extend the life of Latin America’s largest gold mine for "decades" beyond 2040.
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
