April 12, 2021 Copper production in Chile to rise by 3.7% in 2021 — report Over 20 projects are expected to commence operations until 2024.
April 12, 2021 Equinox begins Bermejal underground development Higher grade ore from the Bermejal underground mine will contribute to increasing production at Los Filos in future years, Equinox says.
April 12, 2021 Aurania finds layers of mineralization at Tiria-Shimpia target, shares up Tiria-Shimpia is shaping up to be Aurania's first discovery, the company says.
April 12, 2021 Giant copper mines start to get serious about green hydrogen An Anglo American Plc pilot project has been supplying the clean gas to a forklift at a waste facility in Chile for the past two months.
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.
Taseko wraps Florence build, nears first copper output The Florence copper project in Arizona is moving from build to operations as Taseko lines up its next phase of copper growth. January 13, 2026 | 06:10 am
