October 21, 2019

BHP switches to green power for Chilean copper starting 2021

Miners, which often use fossil fuels as the energy source in their operations, are shifting to renewable generation as the cost of wind and solar power drops.

October 21, 2019

Workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine, world’s largest, to down tools

Unionized miners will hold a day-long strike on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with ongoing protests over the high cost of living and extreme inequality in the country.

October 21, 2019

Nexa to open world’s second largest zinc project currently under construction in 2021

The Brazil-based company already operates five low-cost mines in South America and has become the world’s fourth largest zinc producer.

October 20, 2019

Chile’s mining sector operating normally despite riots

The Mining Minister and the National Society of Mining said operations have not been affected by the massive protests against inequality taking place since last Monday.

October 20, 2019

Protests expected against Teck, Mitsubishi’s project in Peru

A group of farmers is organizing a protest against the Zafranal copper project located in the Arequipa department.

October 18, 2019

Lithium Chile gets environmental approvals for Turi exploration drilling

Surface access was successfully negotiated in early 2019 with the Turi Indigenous Community.

October 18, 2019

Chilean regulator asks for more time to review Maricunga project

Owners Lithium Power International and Bearing Lithium say they were expecting the time extension.

October 17, 2019

Edumine launches new training platform to serve mining companies

Edumine delivers online training programs for engineers and mining professionals.

October 17, 2019

Chile’s Codelco ditches ‘green copper’ push, eyes wider mine clean-up in two years

The miner realized it would struggle to guarantee its copper's sustainability once it left the mine to be melted down and taken to market.

October 17, 2019

Megastar interested in Gunpoint’s Cerro Minas project in Mexico

Cerro Minas is an inlier to the Canadian miner's principal Yautepec project concession.