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BHP, Glencore, Anglo to boost Chile’s copper output to a record 6 million tonnes this year

It’d be the first time Chile’s copper output exceeds the 6 million tonnes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2014 | 12:29 pm

Nickel price: Indonesia ban not enough to lift oversupplied market

Top exporter Indonesia's ban on ore shipments largely off-set by record global stockpiles of ore and metal and rising mine output.

Frik Els | January 14, 2014 | 6:36 pm

Movie about 33 Chilean miners rescued alive goes ahead amid alleged dispute over rights

Film company is in Chile to recruit about 1,000 background actors and extras needed to replicate Camp Hope in the Atacama Desert.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 14, 2014 | 5:50 pm

Peru announces national strategy against illegal mining

Includes involvement of police and military forces.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 13, 2014 | 4:41 pm

Indonesia ban rocks nickel market

Against expectations of a last minute climbdown by authorities, Indonesia's nickel, bauxite and tin ore ban went into effect Sunday.

Frik Els | January 12, 2014 | 8:32 pm

Mongolia sees Oyu Tolgoi deal this month

If Rio Tinto and Mongolia can reach a deal on a $6bn+ expansion of the copper-gold mine it would completely transform the Asian nation's economy.

Frik Els | January 12, 2014 | 7:30 pm

Topping the list of Canada’s wealthiest ‘losers’ are two mining magnates

Canadian Business' list of Canada's most well-to-do shows which billionaires lost the most in 2013.

Ana Komnenic | January 10, 2014 | 9:37 pm

Argentina lobbies to overturn Barrick’s Pascua Lama freeze in Chile

Argentine authorities are requesting a meeting with incoming President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, who takes office in March.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 10, 2014 | 11:57 am

Colombia wants illegal mining to be international crime

Together with the other three members of he Andean Community of Nations —Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia— the country has committed to destroy machinery and even properties that can’t be seized.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 9, 2014 | 5:02 pm

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