April 12, 2021 Antofagasta says surging copper price not enough to entice big investments Company CEO said he was confident Antofagasta would produce between 730,000 tonnes and 760,000 tonnes of copper in 2021 from its Chile operations.
April 12, 2021 Anglo American says output on track at Chilean mines despite virus surge Anglo was the worst hit among its peers by coronavirus lockdowns in 2020.
April 12, 2021 Chile minister says mining royalty bill “unconstitutional” Mining minister Juan Carlos Jobet said President Sebastian Piñera's administration is against setting a 3% royalty on copper and lithium.
April 12, 2021 Pro-foreign investment Lasso wins Ecuador presidential election He has also vowed to enforce environmental protection rules and secure Indigenous communities' participation in deciding the future of projects.
April 11, 2021 In the midst of a presidential election, Peru mining sector reports mixed results Copper production in Peru has been on a slow roller coaster but it is expected to rise by 16% by year-end.
April 9, 2021 Ecuador holds election closely watched by global miners Leftist Andrés Arauz and right-wing Guillermo Lasso have both vowed to continue promoting the oil and mining sectors, but their approach would be quite different.
April 9, 2021 Samarco files for bankruptcy protection Vale said the filing would in no way affect its ability to pay reparations to those affected by the 2015 dam burst.
April 9, 2021 Chile lithium watchdog to cut red tape seen crimping sector Chile’s top lithium regulator is preparing to slash the red tape that investors have long said stymies output and new projects in the world’s No. 2 producer.
April 9, 2021 Codelco takes Ecuador to arbitration over stalled joint project Chile's copper giant has requested international arbitration with Ecuador and its state-miner over the Llurimagua project.
April 8, 2021 Value of top 50 mining companies surges $600 billion from covid lows Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.
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