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.

April 18, 2022

Samarco creditors reject debt restructuring proposal

Creditors may now present an alternative plan for the debt restructuring.