Latin America Top Stories

Serabi, Vale to jointly explore for copper in Brazil

The JV will explore Serabi's Matilda prospect and other targets in the Tapajos region of Brazil, within its Palito Complex.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2023 | 6:43 am

Peru’s March copper production up 20% as mines restart after protests

The world's no. 2 copper producer saw its first quarter…

Reuters | May 9, 2023 | 6:11 pm

Chile Senate committee provisionally approves new royalty limit

The government agreed to amend its mining royalty bill to…

Bloomberg News | May 9, 2023 | 11:18 am

Codelco, BHP sign sustainable mining agreement

The "collaboration accord" sets up a commission to share expertise…

Reuters | May 9, 2023 | 10:06 am

Vale and France’s GravitHy sign carbon neutral steel study

The agreement will focus on studies to build a factory…

Reuters | May 9, 2023 | 7:48 am

Barrick pulls the trigger on Pueblo Viejo expansion

Barrick and the Dominican Republic have completed a review on where to place the Pueblo Viejo expansion project tailings storage facility.

Henry Lazenby | April 8, 2022 | 4:46 pm

Market value of top 50 mining companies surge $335 billion during Q1 2022

Extreme volatility on metal and mining markets continued into 2022 amid historically low stockpiles of metal on global exchanges, but for most […]

Frik Els | April 8, 2022 | 1:46 pm

Chile sues BHP, Albemarle, Antofagasta over water use

Lawsuit singles out BHP’s Escondida copper mine, Antofagasta and Barrick’s 50-50 Zaldívar operation and Albemarle’s lithium assets.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2022 | 5:46 am

Analysts adjust higher metal price assumptions on Russia-Ukraine conflict

Russia's February invasion of Ukraine has triggered turmoil in commodity markets.

Henry Lazenby | April 7, 2022 | 10:50 am

Brothers behind Brazil’s $18 billion meat empire are getting into mining

J&F Investimentos SA, owned by the Batista family, emerged as the surprise buyer of some of Vale SA’s operations in Brazil.

Bloomberg News | April 7, 2022 | 7:45 am

Colombia to tender gold, coal assets by end of June

The bidding round for coal exploration contracts opens this month, while gold round is expected in the first half of 2022.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2022 | 3:45 am

Vale to build $345 million ‘green’ pig iron plant in Brazil

The plant will use technology that reduces the carbon footprint of traditional steelmaking production processes.

Daniel Sekulich | April 6, 2022 | 1:39 pm

Brazil needs potash and Belarus is looking for ways to supply it

The South American nation ships in more than 85% of its fertilizer demand.

Bloomberg News | April 6, 2022 | 7:01 am

Vale agrees to sell manganese, iron ore assets to J&F

The assets, worth about $1.2 billion, include Mineracao Corumbaense, Mineracao Mato Grosso, International Iron Company and Transbarge Navegacion ventures.

Reuters | April 6, 2022 | 7:00 am

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