December 31, 2021

Peru’s Castillo weighs a new finance chief in cabinet overhaul

Advisers to Peru’s President Pedro Castillo are looking for names to replace Finance Minister Pedro Francke as part of a wider cabinet reform.

December 30, 2021

Las Bambas mine in Peru to restart copper output

The process to resume copper output at the Peruvian mine will take 5-6 days, after reaching an agreement with the local community.

December 30, 2021

Great Panther fined $9m by Brazilian environmental agency for cyanide pollution

The Canadian miner’s subsidiary, Mina Tucano, has received three notices of infraction from the Amapá State Environmental Agency.

December 30, 2021

Codelco signs multi-year contracts in Southeast Asia

The world's largest copper producer said it was seeking to quadruple its sales in the region by 2023 with the opening of an office in Singapore.

December 29, 2021

Peru government still far from deal on MMG’s Las Bambas mine restart

In a press conference on Wednesday, Prime Minister Vasquez said the government's spending proposal is a "solution."

December 29, 2021

Brazil suspends mining exploration permits in the Amazon

The cancellation of the seven permits granted by Augusto Heleno Ribeiro, a close ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, was published this week in the official gazette Diário Oficial.

December 29, 2021

Antofagasta agrees to copper charges with some Chinese smelters

The first annual settlement between a major miner and a Chinese smelter in the fourth-quarter "mating season" usually becomes the benchmark for the year ahead and is used in supply…

December 28, 2021

Anglo, Vale in talks to jointly develop Serpentina iron ore mine

A potential partnership could leverage Anglo's existing logistics infrastructure in the region, Vale says.

December 28, 2021

Chilean researchers want to turn copper tailings into construction materials

Besides limiting the accumulation of tailings in the environment, the process drastically cuts the almost one tonne of CO2 that is released into the atmosphere per tonne of cement produced…

December 28, 2021

Top iron ore stories of 2021 and what to expect in 2022

Iron ore had one of its wildest years in 2021.