Latin America Top Stories

Vale CEO says not yet time to resume dividends

The company struggles to restore production lost after regulators demanded that it shut down a series of other dams for safety reasons.

Reuters | October 25, 2019 | 9:38 am

ABB mill drives accelerate copper ore extraction at Mina de Cobre in Panama

Project owner First Quantum Minerals announced that first copper ore…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 25, 2019 | 6:15 am

Vale earnings miss, says to shut 3 more dams

Vale's net profit rose to $1.654 billion from $1.408 billion…

Reuters | October 24, 2019 | 3:44 pm

Teck to lay off workers, cut spending as US-China trade war weighs on profit

Canada’s largest diversified miner will continue to forge ahead with…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 24, 2019 | 3:55 am

MAPPED: Top gold drill results – August 2019

A trend towards exploration of advanced projects, rather than greenfield…

MINING.com Editor | October 23, 2019 | 3:01 pm

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Australia and Chile sign mining deal

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Chile's Ministry of Mining have signed an agreement to improve education, safety, and research and development in the global mining industry.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 13, 2012 | 1:05 pm

AngloGold Ashanti sees Colombia as the hottest new bullion district

AngloGold Ashanti’s CEO, Mark Cutifani, said gold projects in Colombia are one of the company’s key current priorities and that it has used its first-mover advantage in the country to build a strong position in what he called “the world’s most prospective new gold district.”

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 12, 2012 | 2:28 pm

BP on track to sell $7bln in assets

BHP PLC (LSE:BP) is on the verge of concluding a deal for the sale of its offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico for $7 billion to Houston-based Plains Exploration & Production (NYSE:PXP).

Marc Howe | September 10, 2012 | 4:17 am

More trouble for Glencore in Bolivia

Three managers from Bolivia's state-owned mining company were taken hostage by residents of a village in the region of Potusi, who are demanding a 15% stake in the region's silver mine part-owned and operated by Glencore.

Frik Els | September 9, 2012 | 4:16 pm

Paramount raises San Miguel gold project resources estimate by 547%

The new estimate reports 639,000 ounces of gold in the indicated category and another 830,000 ounces of gold classified as inferred.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 6, 2012 | 4:30 pm

Minera IRL Ltd Discovers New Mineralized System at Don Nicolas Project, Argentina

Minera IRL Limited ( TSX:IRL) (AIM:MIRL) (BVL:MIRL), a Latin American-focused gold mining company, is pleased to announce the discovery of a significant […]

MINING.com Editor | September 6, 2012 | 3:33 pm

Inmet Mining to make $112 million bid for Petaquilla Minerals

The Toronto-based company said the bid of 48 cents per share in cash represents a 37% premium at the close of Petaquilla's trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 6, 2012 | 2:23 pm

Anti-mining protests take a toll on Peru’s foreign investment

Instead of the lauded $6 billion in mining invested forecasted for 2013 earlier this year, SNMPE says the country’s sector will attract about $4 billion.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 6, 2012 | 2:01 pm

Brazil’s Vale to make billions off copper-devouring microbes

Vale has teamed up with the University of São Paulo to identify bacteria and fungi capable of eating copper in a move which could generate an additional $1.4 billion in gross revenue for the Brazilian mining giant.

Marc Howe | September 6, 2012 | 1:43 am

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