December 4, 2018 Teck chooses Sumitomo to develop Chilean copper project in $1.2B deal Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corp. will pay $800 million earn-in contribution and $400 million matching contribution for a third of Teck's 90% interest in Quebrada Blanca mine.
December 3, 2018 Big lithium riches lure first-time miner to Bolivia’s salt flat ACI Systems Alemania employs just 20 people and was created solely to focus on building a lithium mine in Bolivia.
December 2, 2018 What to watch in commodities: Trump-Xi, OPEC, iron, Tesla, crops It’ll be an important week for iron ore, which has been badly beaten up in November.
December 2, 2018 Codelco strikes contract deal with workers at Ministro Hales mine The 36-month contract was approved by 53% of the union.
December 2, 2018 New Mexican president asked to solve issue with former mine workers in two weeks Initially, workers linked to the Los Mineros Union planned to launch a protest action on December 1st, López Obrador's inauguration day.
December 1, 2018 Peru’s gold, silver, copper output falls On the positive side, the Andean country's iron ore production grew by 66.8% when compared to the previous year.
November 30, 2018 Indigenous rights ‘invisible’ as Ecuador pushes mining, oil projects: U.N. Days before Tauli-Corpuz arrived in Ecuador, indigenous groups and about 2,000 protesters marched in the capital Quito and handed the national assembly a proposed law that would ban large metal-mining…
November 30, 2018 Navy admiral named Brazil’s Minister of Mines and Energy Albuquerque, 60, will tackle offshore oil licensing rounds and planned energy privatizations.
November 30, 2018 Moody’s sees weak lithium prices in 2020 due to projects frenzy Spot prices would be pushed down despite rapid demand growth from batteries for electric vehicles (EV) makers, the experts say.
Silver price hits $100 milestone, gold price nears $5,000 Friday's rally brings silver's gains this year to more than 25%. January 23, 2026 | 10:10 am