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How to find success with Latin American miners

Miners in Latin America are facing both growth and challenges. Heiko Ihle, senior research analyst with Euro Pacific Capital, examines the factors behind these trends.

The Gold Report | December 14, 2012 | 10:59 am

New legal action against Barrick over Pascua Lama

A Chilean lawyer has filed legal action to force the world’s largest gold producer Barrick Gold executives to appear in a Canadian court to respond to accusations that the company falsified information included in the Pascua Lama protocol between Argentina and Chile in 2004.

Mining Weekly | December 14, 2012 | 7:27 am

Vale to pay Brazil $674 million in mining taxes

Mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE) has started paying the Brazilian government $674 million ($1.4 billion real) in a dispute over mining royalties.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2012 | 5:26 pm

Colombian armed rebels tighten control over gold mining

Mining, not drugs, main income source for the revolutionary groups in Colombia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2012 | 2:33 pm

$27 billion injected into Amazonia mining by 2016

Vale's Carajas iron ore mine is the biggest but some 60 gold explorers are also active in the Brazilian region.

Frik Els | December 11, 2012 | 9:50 pm

Resource nationalism is miners’ number one fear and major threat to global security — report

Resource nationalism is one of the main causes of the current commodity prices instability and it is threatening global security, warns London-based Chatham House in its latest report.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 10, 2012 | 4:17 pm

Gold bug spreads through Latin America

Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and Paraguay have recently been adding to their bullion holdings. And this might be only the beginning.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 10, 2012 | 3:21 pm

Fresh hopes for Aussie miners: country to attract over 18 times the investment of South Africa

Australia’s mining industry will become the world’s number one again over the next two decades, attracting as much as 18 times the investment planned for South Africa, according to the latest report from Deloitte.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 10, 2012 | 11:53 am

Vale says Chinese ban on its giant ships should be lifted next year

400,000 dead-weight tonne vessels costing $100 million each have never offloaded in China.

Frik Els | December 6, 2012 | 11:39 pm

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