July 6, 2018

Labor talks at BHP´s Escondida mine in Chile enter ‘home stretch’

Labor negotiations are entering into the final three weeks before a 30-month contract expires at the end of July.

July 6, 2018

Chilean miner Mantos Copper seeks buyer to help finance expansion

Mantos Copper bought the Mantos Blancos and Mantoverde copper mines from Anglo for $300 million plus $200 million in conditional future payments.

July 6, 2018

Copper giant Chile gets ready for second round of labour talks

From the 32 contracts set to expire in 2018 at Chilean mines, there still are more than a dozen to be negotiated before year-end.

July 6, 2018

Condor Gold a step closer to begin building Nicaragua mine

Shares jumped after the company said it had submitted additional technical studies to environmental and natural resources authority for permitting approval at its La India project.

July 5, 2018

Eramet searches for lithium deposits in Chile, Argentina, Brazil – CEO

"Our priority is to develop our existing lithium deposit in Argentina. But we are also looking for other deposits in Chile, Argentina and Brazil,"- Eramet Chief Executive Officer Christel Bories

July 4, 2018

US probe darkens Glencore horizons from Africa to Americas

Investigation is casting a wider net with the addition of Venezuela and Nigeria to its investigation, increasing the likelihood that Glencore’s management will get bogged down in a lengthy legal…

July 3, 2018

Brazilian ex-billionaire Batista sentenced to 30 years in jail for bribery

Eike Batista, who was once one of the richest men in the world, was found guilty of bribing former Rio de Janeiro governor Sergio Cabral in exchange for contracts.

July 3, 2018

Bankers have gone AWOL in the race to build more lithium mines

Despite bullish forecasts for global demand, lithium may have a funding problem.

July 3, 2018

Glencore hammered as US requests documents in corruption probe

Shares fell as much as 13% after the miner and commodities trader was told by US Department of Justice to produce documents on Nigeria, Congo and Venezuela.

July 1, 2018

Oil and mining sector continue to grow in Peru

The mining sector showed an interannual growth of 0.16 per cent in May.