Latin America Top Stories

Column: Panama copper drama another ESG flash-point for miners

How First Quantum’s $10 billion copper mine went from promised economic boom to cause of mass popular unrest is a story peculiar to Panama but one that has a moral for the global mining industry.

Reuters | November 14, 2023 | 11:23 am

Recycling can ease critical minerals scarcity, not solve it

The global energy transition may be eclipsed by a critical…

MINING.COM Editor | November 14, 2023 | 10:12 am

Horizonte Minerals stock plummets over nickel project’s funding uncertainty

The company has only sufficient working capital to around mid-December…

Staff Writer | November 14, 2023 | 9:48 am

China’s booming copper output leaves less space for Codelco

Codelco is shipping less of the metal to China after…

Bloomberg News | November 14, 2023 | 8:40 am

Brazil regulator halts waste disposal activities from Vale mine

The Fabrica Nova mine in Minas Gerais state has been…

Reuters | November 13, 2023 | 11:00 am

SQM expects high lithium prices to stay put

The world's second largest lithium miner also forecast global demand of the battery metal to grow this year by at least 40%.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 17, 2022 | 3:43 am

Codelco trials fully electric loader in bid to cut emissions

A huge fully electric-powered 14-ton loading shovel has begun operating at Chile's century-old El Teniente copper mine.

Reuters | November 16, 2022 | 11:59 am

BHP says strike at Escondida copper mine “unjustifiable”

BHP said the “forceful action” risks the safety of its workers and facilities and would hurt operations and Chile’s economy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 16, 2022 | 5:34 am

Mexico to urge US, Canada firms to participate in lithium market

Mexico does not yet have commercial lithium production, though close to a dozen foreign companies hold contracts to explore potential deposits.

Reuters | November 15, 2022 | 10:34 am

Escondida mine workers announce strike amid labor demands

Workers at the world's largest copper mine decided to go on strike on November 21 and 23 due to labor demands.

Reuters | November 15, 2022 | 10:29 am

Vale, other large companies leading reforestation program in Brazil

Over the next 20 years, the new enterprise will restore and protect 4 million ha of native forests in some of Brazil’s most valuable ecosystems.

Staff Writer | November 14, 2022 | 1:08 pm

Panama sets December 14 deadline for First Quantum to ink mine contract

Authorities outlined the path forward for the execution of a contract that will allow First Quantum to keep running Cobre Panama.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 14, 2022 | 11:05 am

Aris Mining updates PFS for Marmato expansion project in Colombia

The after-tax NPV of the Marmato expansion project comes to $341 million (at a 5% discount rate), with an IRR of nearly 30%.

Staff Writer | November 14, 2022 | 8:48 am

Salazar, Adventus reach deal for $270m Ecuador copper-gold project

Once built, El Domo would be Ecuador’s third major mining operation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 14, 2022 | 3:47 am

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