Latin America Top Stories

Panama and First Quantum agree on details for copper mine contract

The new contract guarantees a minimum annual income of $375 million to the Central American government.

Reuters | March 8, 2023 | 7:29 am

“Lithium OPEC” in South America could drive away investment, says Sigma Lithium CEO

Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Brazil would cooperate to expand their processing…

Bruno Venditti | March 7, 2023 | 10:24 am

Peru to unleash stranded copper with roadblocks largely cleared

Peru expects shipments of commodities will begin to normalize within…

Bloomberg News | March 7, 2023 | 9:28 am

Argentina moves to stop wetlands bill from foiling lithium boom

The country has been working on legislation to protect its…

Bloomberg News | March 7, 2023 | 9:20 am

Major copper producers unveil plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050

The International Copper Association's (ICA) roadmap has set a target…

Reuters | March 7, 2023 | 9:08 am

Adoption of renewables still too slow to limit climate crisis — IEA

Growth in the sector is set to hit an all-time record this year, but that's not enough to reach net zero emissions by 2050, says the agency.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2021 | 4:03 am

Chile Senate advances talks over mining royalty bill

The Senate approved by 18 votes in favor, versus 16 against, to continue making modifications to the bill.

Reuters | November 30, 2021 | 5:45 pm

Large gold miners contributed $38bn in GDP to local economies in 2020 — report

In 2020, WGC members made significant contributions to local economies.

Northern Miner Staff | November 30, 2021 | 11:10 am

Discovery Silver PEA for Cordero demonstrates potential Tier 1 asset with $1.2bn NPV

Cordero is considered to be one of the world’s largest undeveloped silver resources.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 30, 2021 | 9:31 am

Hochschild to buy Amarillo Gold for control of Posse project in Brazil

New SpinCo to hold the Lavras do Sul project, and NSRs on certain Amarillo exploration rights.

Henry Lazenby | November 30, 2021 | 3:45 am

Capstone Mining, Mantos Copper to merge

The new miner, Capstone Copper, will have a combined 2021 production base of more than 175,000 tonnes and 4.9m tonnes in reserves.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 30, 2021 | 3:38 am

Vale lowers production guidance in boost to iron ore rebound

It now expects to produce 315-320 million tonnes this year, compared with previous guidance of 315-335 million tonnes.

Bloomberg News | November 29, 2021 | 9:53 am

Vale sees spinoff hope in tapping waste for building materials

Vale is starting to extract sand from material left over from iron ore processing to supply civil construction projects in Brazil.

Bloomberg News | November 29, 2021 | 9:46 am

Russian state-controlled firm enters lithium project in Argentina

Uranium One will buy a 15% stake in Alpha One Lithium, which owns the Tolillar lithium deposit in Argentina.

Reuters | November 29, 2021 | 4:52 am

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