June 14, 2021 Brazil to deploy special force to protect the Yanomami from wildcat gold miners More than 20,000 miners are illegally prospecting on the reservation and polluting rivers with mercury used to separate gold from ore.
June 14, 2021 Vale mulls remote-controlled trains to work around risky dam in Brazil It would take around 60 days for Vale to implement the solution, according to a person familiar with the plan.
June 12, 2021 Formalization of small-scale mining detrimental for the environment — study A study conducted in Peru shows that, if not properly conducted, formalization processes may be detrimental to the environment.
June 11, 2021 BHP dodges copper strike in Chile with eleventh-hour wage deal The deal will ease concerns over a potential stoppage that would have further tightened global supplies of the metal.
June 11, 2021 Ganfeng Lithium exercises participation right in Sal de la Puna Top lithium producer also said it would sell $630m of shares to fund expansion overseas.
June 11, 2021 Peru copper output at risk as leftist Castillo leads in presidential election With 99.6% of the ballots counted, the candidate that wants up to 70% of miners' profits emerges as the yet-to-be-declared President elect.
June 10, 2021 Samarco offers creditors shares or 85% haircut – sources The collapse of a dam at the Samarco mine complex in 2015 killed 19 people and severely polluted the Doce River with mining waste.
June 10, 2021 ‘People have awakened’: Peru’s Castillo closes in on election win Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru's presidential election on Thursday, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 votes over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori.
June 10, 2021 CHART: Top miners leave money on the table amid copper price rally Copper output from biggest producers disappoints with one glaring exception – Freeport McMoRan going underground at Grasberg.
June 10, 2021 Vale ordered to pay $26 million to families of Brumadinho victims The disaster killed 270 people but the court action only benefits the families of 131 workers directly hired by Vale.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
