Ecuador has abundant mineral reserves but has lagged behind regional neighbors such as Peru and Chile in large-scale mining development.

The Act permits anyone with a free miner certificate to acquire mineral claims online through an automated system in First Nations’ territories, without their consultation or consent.

Resolution is key to the mining giant's future as the project would produce more than 40 billion pounds of copper.

The area’s most advanced project is Ring of Fire Metals’ Eagle’s Nest nickel project.

Brazil’s formal mining sector wants importing nations to require and enforce origin control.

Ibram, which represents multinational and large domestic mining firms operating in Brazil, is asking the new government to take steps to break a network that launders illegal gold.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said illegal mining will be eliminated in Brazil.

More than 60% of ancestral Shuar territory, spread over 568,000 acres, is covered by mining concessions.