Latin America Top Stories

Mexican president exhorts American company to settle after mine closure

Andrés Manuel López Obrador repeated his accusations against Vulcan Materials for allegedly causing an environmental disaster in Quintana Roo.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 7, 2023 | 1:38 pm

Copper Study Group expects big supply surplus in 2024

Production is forecast to exceed usage by 467,000 metric tons…

Reuters | October 6, 2023 | 11:54 am

Pan American Silver suspends operations at La Colorada following armed robbery

There were no physical injuries to personnel in connection with…

Staff Writer | October 6, 2023 | 9:57 am

Codelco announces leadership shakeup, outgoing CFO to play key lithium role

Alejandro Rivera has been closely involved with Codelco's lithium strategy…

Reuters | October 6, 2023 | 9:25 am

Codelco reassessing costs of projects to upgrade mines

Chairman Pacheco also said the company would maintain capital spending…

Reuters | October 6, 2023 | 7:47 am

Filo Mining shares rise following new drills results from Aurora zone

Hole 67 returned an intersection of 1,131.6 metres at 1.11% copper equivalent from a depth of 132 metres.

Staff Writer | October 6, 2022 | 8:29 am

Horizonte Minerals flags cost increase at Brazil nickel project

The company started building the Araguaia nickel mine, which it acquired from Glencore in 2015, in May this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 6, 2022 | 6:26 am

Antofagasta CEO voices concern about recession hitting copper prices

Earlier on Wednesday the government cut its 2023 average price estimate to $3.62 per pound, from a previous estimate of $3.92 last July.

Reuters | October 5, 2022 | 12:23 pm

Visualizing the world’s largest iron ore producers

Iron is the fourth most abundant element on the planet after oxygen, silicon, and aluminum.

Visual Capitalist - Elements | October 5, 2022 | 9:41 am

Aura Minerals advances Matupá gold project in Brazil closer to production with FS release

The Matupá FS outlined an after-tax net present value of $96 million and an internal rate of return of 27.5%.

Staff Writer | October 5, 2022 | 8:49 am

Vale hires advisors as it assesses ‘value-unlocking alternatives’

Financial Times reported that Vale was in talks to sell a $2.5 billion minority stake in its metals business.

Reuters | October 5, 2022 | 8:04 am

Union at Antofagasta’s Los Pelambres mine expects labour deal to avoid strike

Talks formally begin on Wednesday.

Reuters | October 4, 2022 | 12:57 pm

Chile copper production down 10.2% in August

Production from state-owned giant Codelco fell 29.6% on a year-on-year basis.

Reuters | October 4, 2022 | 12:40 pm

Brazilian iron ore exports hit highest monthly volume in two years

Iron ore exports increased 8.7% in September compared to the same month last year.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 4, 2022 | 9:35 am

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