Latin America Top Stories

Antamina names Adolfo Heeren as new CEO

Heeren, the current CEO of Anglo American in Peru, will start his new role on February 1, 2025.

Reuters | December 19, 2024 | 10:12 am

Silver Mountain receives go-ahead to restart Reliquias mine in Peru

Once restarted, the Reliquias project would deliver approximately 2.2 million oz.…

Staff Writer | December 19, 2024 | 9:54 am

Triple Flag to acquire royalty on Tres Quebradas lithium project

The lithium brine project in Catamarca province is expected to…

Trish Saywell, Special to the Northern Miner Group | December 19, 2024 | 6:33 am

Codelco to deploy lower carbon explosives in copper mine

The new explosives are expected to cause a significant reduction…

Reuters | December 19, 2024 | 4:43 am

Activist Palliser pushes Rio Tinto to review dual listing

Palliser Capital claims Rio Tinto's current dual-listed structure has deprived…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 19, 2024 | 4:05 am

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Samarco to invest more than $1 billion to resume full capacity

Samarco expects to produce 15 million tons of iron ore pellets in 2025, returning to a top 3 ranking for global exporters of the steelmaking ingredient.

Bloomberg News | December 16, 2024 | 1:12 pm

Sierra Metals shares jump on takeover offer from Peruvian firm

The offer will be priced at C$0.85 per share, which is a 10% premium over Sierra Metals' closing price of C$0.77 on the TSX last Friday.

Staff Writer | December 16, 2024 | 8:25 am

Forensic technology aids Brazil’s crackdown on illicit Amazon gold trade

Historically, gold is notoriously difficult to trace, especially once metal from different sources has been melted together, erasing the original signatures.

Reuters | December 14, 2024 | 8:36 am

Copper price: What’s in store for 2025

The bellwether metal had a rollercoaster 2024, will next year bring more wild swings?

Frik Els | December 13, 2024 | 5:48 pm

Charted: Copper vs. Oil Demand (1970-2040)

In 2021, Goldman Sachs declared copper “the new oil.”

Visual Capitalist | December 13, 2024 | 2:23 pm

BHP seeks Brazil growth to emerge from shadow of mining disaster

BHP is assessing the future of copper mines inherited from OZ Minerals in northern Brazil’s Carajás region.

Bloomberg News | December 13, 2024 | 10:56 am

Copper output in Peru down 1.4% in October

During the first 10 months of the year, copper production totaled 2.23 million tons, down 0.7% from last year.

Reuters | December 13, 2024 | 9:52 am

Rio Tinto’s $2.5 billion lithium plan is a win for Milei

The miner plans to build a processing plant at Rincon with an annual capacity of 60,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate.

Bloomberg News | December 13, 2024 | 7:27 am

Mining sector cyberattacks linked to third-party supplier access in 76% of cases – report

Growing challenges cybersecurity leaders faced in 2024 were in safeguarding cyber-physical systems.

Staff Writer | December 12, 2024 | 4:45 pm

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