Bolivia has the world's largest resources of lithium, the ultra-light metal key to making batteries for electric vehicles, but has struggled for decades to mine them commercially.

The government of Peru has repeatedly failed to negotiate an end to the standoff involving six neighboring communities.

Latin Metals granted AngloGold the option to earn up to an 80% interest in the company’s Organullo, Ana Maria, and Trigal gold projects in Salta Province.

Nine miners have died and six remain trapped following an explosion at the La Mestiza coal mine in Colombia’s northeastern El Zulia municipality.

Argentina's customs agency set a reference price of $53 per kilo for lithium carbonate exports.

Late on Thursday, left-wing lawmakers from the ruling Peru Libre party presented a bill to nationalize copper production in Peru.

Las Bambas, one of the world's largest copper mines, was forced to halt operations in April due to protests from neighboring indigenous communities.