October 14, 2019

Vale’s Q3 iron ore output falls 17.4% year-on-year following Brazil dam break

Quarterly sales of the key raw material fell 11.8% from a year ago to 74.039 million tonnes.

October 14, 2019

Workers at Teck Resources’ Chile mine to go on strike

The mine, located in central Chile about 350 kilometers north of Santiago, produced about 15,000 tonnes of copper in the quarter ended June 30.

October 13, 2019

Drummond’s union leader attacked by gunmen in Colombia

Several criminal groups operate in the area where Ricardo Rojas was attacked.

October 13, 2019

Peruvian authorities urge people to stop blockading road used by Las Bambas

The continuous protest actions have led Minera Las Bambas to announce that probably “within a week” it will have to halt production at its namesake copper mine.

October 12, 2019

Ecuador’s largest copper mine curbs operations amid protests

EcuaCorriente said the closure is a precautionary measure while protests against an end to government fuel subsidies continue across the country.

October 11, 2019

Las Bambas copper mine likely to halt production within a week amid protests

Peru's largest copper minefield, has declared "partial" force majeure.

October 11, 2019

Lithium battery dreams get a rude awakening in South America

So far, public and private initiatives in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile have failed to deliver even a single lithium cell factory.

October 11, 2019

Canadian court approves $3bn securities class action against Barrick Gold

Ontario Superior Court of Justice only allowed the suit to deal with alleged misrepresentations in the company’s 2012 environmental disclosures related to the long-stalled Pascua-Lama project.

October 10, 2019

Ecuador woes weigh on SolGold’s shares, projects future

The company's value has halved since May, when a proposed referendum on mining casted doubts on the miner's future in the Andean country.

October 10, 2019

Gran Colombia buys stake in Western Atlas, says production up 7% this year

The Canadian miner now owns about 20% of Western Atlas and says is on track to meet its 2019 production target of between 225,000 and 240,000 ounces.