Community groups in Peru agreed to provide trucking services to the Las Bambas copper mine.

Mexico's main mining union had been in talks for months to end a dispute that had forced the mine's closure.

Argentina, where interventionist policies have held back the industry, is becoming a more attractive setting for foreign investors, at least in some of its mineral-rich provinces.

Prosecutors said Vale would have 10 days to present a report informing what action it would take.

Last week’s rains showed tailings remain the Achilles heel of the Rio de Janeiro-based producer.

Planned production at its flagship Kachi lithium brine project will be set at 50,000 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate.