Latin America Top Stories

Activists, Hollywood take down top 50 mining company

The ranks of the most valuable mining companies in the world were throughly scrambled in 2023 as governments intervened, lithium and nickel prices tumbled, gold hit records and a new listing went ballistic.

Frik Els | January 31, 2024 | 8:31 am

Barrick to spend $136 million on failed Pascua-Lama project

According to the EIA submitted to Chilean regulators, Barrick wants…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 31, 2024 | 7:24 am

Sigma Lithium project in Brazil just got 27% bigger

Grota de Cirilo is now the world’s fourth-largest operating industrial…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 31, 2024 | 4:47 am

Lithium market transition comes with delays, layoffs and M&As — WoodMac

Consultancy Wood Mackenzie says the market is moving towards maturity…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 31, 2024 | 3:45 am

Lumina Gold kicks off feasibility study for Ecuador project

Feasibility study for the Cangrejos gold-copper project, in southwest Ecuador,…

Staff Writer | January 30, 2024 | 10:35 am

Lithium Royalty backs Brazil mine in first investment since going public

Atlas Lithium is developing a hard-rock mine in southeastern Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, in a region known as Lithium Valley.

Andrew Willis - The Globe and Mail | May 3, 2023 | 12:35 pm

Will Ecuador’s illegal mining crackdown protect Indigenous people?

The government has identified illegal mining camps in 21 of the country's 24 provinces since 2000.

Reuters | May 3, 2023 | 7:51 am

Chile’s new lithium policy a boon for other producers

Uncertainty surrounding Chile's plans to bring its lithium industry under state control will send capital elsewhere, with Canada a likely beneficiary.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 3, 2023 | 7:09 am

Codelco profit hit by lower copper prices and sales

The world's largest copper producer posted a 73% drop in its pre-tax profit for the first three months of this year.

Reuters | May 2, 2023 | 3:20 pm

Atlas Lithium secures $20 million from royalty sale to expedite Neves project in Brazil

The company is selling a 3% gross overriding revenue (GOR) royalty to Lithium Royalty Corp.

Staff Writer | May 2, 2023 | 9:18 am

RANKED: World’s biggest nickel projects

Nori Clarion-Clipperton polymetallic project, 4,000 metres deep in the northeastern Pacific Ocean holds top spot.

MINING.com Editor | May 1, 2023 | 2:23 pm

No mining allowed in six new Indigenous reserves in Brazil

Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ Da Silva issued a decree creating six new Indigenous reserves, most of them in the Amazon, and banning mining in such areas.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 30, 2023 | 12:05 pm

For the first time in 50 years, a woman will lead one of Codelco’s divisions

Claudia Cabrera Correa, an executive with 24 years of experience in the mining industry, becomes the first female general manager of the Gabriela Mistral division.

Staff Writer | April 30, 2023 | 6:52 am

Mexican Senate expeditiously approves set of laws, mining reform

The Mexican Senate approved a new mining law that the mining chamber and Canada rebuked.

Reuters | April 29, 2023 | 4:48 pm

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