South America’s glaciers may have a bigger problem than climate change

Oil, gas and mining companies' request to have transparency rules put on hold under 2010 financial reform act has been rejected.

Peruvian precious metals miner Hochschild (LON:HOC) is acquiring Canadian Andina Minerals (TSX-V:ASM), after the junior gold miner agreed late Thursday to a friendly takeover.

Canadian heavy equipment dealer Finning International (TSX:FTT) said Thursday it has been awarded contracts worth a total of $497 million from several Chilean mining companies.

An Argentine court has ordered to embargo Chevron assets in the South American country to help enforcing an Ecuadorean court resolution that fined the oil and natural gas giant for $19 billion in environmental damages.

The market for the soil nutrient is dominated by a handful of countries and a few giant companies. And it's made some people fabulously wealthy.

Vancouver-based Baja Mining Corp. (TSX: BAJ) announced this morning that it has landed two extensions of a standstill agreement with lenders to its Minera y Metalúrgica del Boleo S.A. de C.V. subsidiary.

Production at Chile's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, was up 72.4% in the third quarter compared with the same period of 2011, said Wednesday the country’s copper commission, Cochilco.

Institutional advisor ISS now says tie-up is a good thing for Xstrata, but they still don't like the $200 million retention package.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos presented Friday a package of measures, including a proposed bill before congress, aimed to making illegal mining a crime punished by the country’s Penal Code.