Newmont profit falls, promotes COO to President

BBC News reports on new technology used for mining copper in Chile. Biosigma, a joint venture between Codelco and Nippon Metals and Mining, is experimenting with microbes that break down copper at higher recovery rates and reduce operating costs:

It’s Ecuador and Colombia next for Chilean copper giant Codelco, as the company proceeds with plans to become more international by exploring mining opportunities in neighbouring countries.

There are few, if any, reports of damage to mines hours after a large earthquake rocked central and southern Mexico on Tuesday.

Peru's gold production reached 6-month highs on gains by Newmont Mining, one of the country's top miners, Bloomberg reports.

Ecuador’s government and Canada’s Kinross Gold could sign an agreement in June to develop the long-delayed “Fruta del Norte” gold project, the country’s largest mine, reports local newspaper El Telégrafo.

Vale SA (VALE3), Brazil’s biggest exporter, has shut a railroad that transports production from the world’s largest iron ore mine after a construction accident.

While stories about drug lords and illegal immigrants hog the headlines, Mexico is quietly building a middle class, and that's a good thing for miners and investors.

Chile's supreme court has confirmed a previous appeals court ruling that ordered state copper producer Codelco to pay the costs of the legal process i...

Thousands of informal miners suspended their indefinite protest in the gold-rich Peru’s Madre de Dios region after three gold miners were killed in clashes with police yesterday.