September 27, 2018 Chile greenlights Latin America’s largest desalination plant The ENAPAC project is meant to serve mainly the mining industry, which is very active in Chile’s dry, but copper and lithium-rich north.
September 27, 2018 Barrick’s Bristow bet seen as boosting South America revival Barrick’s South America team “will be focused not only on bringing to account and dealing with the challenges around Pascua-Lama and Veladero,’’ but also on expanding assets and partnerships in…
September 26, 2018 Brazil’s Vale shareholders near deal to pay Eletron $692m Two major shareholders of Brazilian mining company Vale SA are likely to reach an agreement on Wednesday to pay 2.82 billion reais ($692 million) to Eletron to settle a dispute over…
September 26, 2018 Trevali’s Santander zinc mine in Peru hit by blockade The illegal action saw a group of locals spend seven days blocking the only access to the mine in protest for what they call “repetitive abuse” to community members and…
September 26, 2018 Canada’s Maxtech Ventures to expand footprint in Brazil with manganese JV The Vancouver-based miner said it has signed a non-exclusive letter of interest to form a JV with an undisclosed local company on claims where manganese mineralization has been proven.
September 26, 2018 First Quantum, Panama Gov’t study ruling that casts doubts on giant copper mine The country' Supreme Court ruled Monday that Law 9, used to grant the mining concession for Cobre Panama copper project, was unconstitutional.
September 25, 2018 Anglo American becomes latest top miner to land in Ecuador Deal with Luminex gives Anglo the right to earn a 60% ownership interest in a JV company, which indirectly holds three copper and gold concessions in Ecuador.
September 24, 2018 Great Panther acquires Brazil gold miner for $105 million The transaction includes the acquisition of three producing mines and an advanced stage project.
September 24, 2018 Barrick to buy Randgold for $18.3B forming giant global gold miner The new Barrick, which will be listed in New York and Toronto, will own five of the world's 10 lowest cost gold mines and will be the world's top bullion…
September 23, 2018 How Goldcorp managed to decrease complaints about its flagship mine in Mexico Surprising results.
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says Lithium is emerging from a period of oversupply after record-high prices spurred supply growth at a time of disappointing demand. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
