Latin America Top Stories

Chile’s miners ready to absorb higher domestic royalties, Fitch says

"Chile's new mining royalty law will not materially weaken the competitiveness of the country's copper mining sector, but it will increase taxes, modestly pressuring miners' cash flows," Fitch said.

Reuters | September 6, 2023 | 1:33 pm

Vale, H2GS mull industrial hubs in Brazil, North America

The potential plants would be focused on producing low-carbon products…

Reuters | September 6, 2023 | 7:36 am

SQM’s Salar de Atacama operations become IRMA certified

All Chile's lithium mining facilities have now completed the evaluation…

Reuters | September 6, 2023 | 7:33 am

Hochschild cuts production targets after pretax-loss

Revision of its 2023 production guidance comes as the miner…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 6, 2023 | 6:26 am

New Pacific’s Carangas in Bolivia holds 200moz silver, plus gold and base metals

The company says its first resource estimate for the Carangas…

Colin McClelland | September 5, 2023 | 1:36 pm

Kore Potash cuts Congo project costs by $520 million

Kore also reduced the construction period for its Kola potash project by six months to 40 months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 27, 2022 | 8:33 am

Codelco sees ‘very firm’ copper price ahead despite recent drop

Chile's government said this week it would allow the company to retain 30% of its profits from last year to help finance an ambitious investment plan until the end of the decade.

Reuters | June 27, 2022 | 8:08 am

Codelco eyes green shift as environment pressure grows

The mining firm is facing global clients and investors increasingly focused on environmental concerns.

Reuters | June 27, 2022 | 7:40 am

Three Chilean communities maintain protest against Los Pelambres copper miner

The Tranquilla, Batuco and Cuncumén communities are still looking for compensation following a leak in a pipeline at the mine’s concentrator plant.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 26, 2022 | 1:04 pm

Rio2 shares fall on EIA rejection of its Fenix Gold project in Chile

While Fenix meets the environmental regulations and requirements, it didn’t provide enough information on how it aims to eliminate the “adverse impacts” that the project will have on the area’s wildlife species.

Naimul Karim | June 24, 2022 | 10:50 am