April 21, 2022 State of emergency in Peru as protests hit copper output Government's measure comes as protests against mining companies have shut down 20% of Peru’s copper output.
April 21, 2022 Los Pelambres expansion to cost Antofagasta $900m more than planned The ongoing project at Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile will cost $2.2bn, up from last year's estimate of $1.7bn and a 70% jump from the original $1.3bn figure.
April 20, 2022 MOBI Latam, EnergyX aim to create Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain Bolivia has 9 million tonnes of identified lithium resources buried beneath its salt flats, yet the country has had barely any production of lithium chemicals.
April 20, 2022 Fifth of Peru copper mining goes offline with more shutdowns likely “The nationalization of strategic resources is the cornerstone of a country’s development.”
April 20, 2022 Usiminas posts weather-hit income Usiminas' iron ore sales fell 38% from the previous quarter and 17% year on year to 1.6 million tonnes.
April 20, 2022 Vale starts work on eliminating another upstream dam The new effort will focus on eliminating a dike from its Barragem 5 dam at the Aguas Claras mine, located in the Minas Gerais city of Nova Lima.
April 20, 2022 SolGold’s Cascabel could be “top 20” mine in South America Long-delayed pre-feasibility study for the copper-gold project in Ecuador confirms Cascabel is "no ordinary mining asset."
April 19, 2022 Vale reports decrease in Q1 iron ore output The miner sold 53.6 million tonnes of iron ore in the quarter, down 9.6% year-on-year.
April 19, 2022 Libero shares jump on lengthy copper intercepts from Mocoa project in Colombia The company released partial assay results from its first diamond drill hole at the Mocoa porphyry copper deposit in Putumayo.
April 19, 2022 Mexico’s lower house backs lithium nationalization plans The proposed law, now in the hands of the Senate, bans all private participation in the exploration and mining of the battery metal.
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
