Latin America Top Stories

Adventus, Salazar on track to get environmental licence for Ecuador copper-gold project

The project partners are expecting the El Domo environmental licence to be approved by the second half of 2023.

Staff Writer | July 26, 2023 | 9:23 am

Rio Tinto to miss 2025 emissions cuts targets

The world’s second largest miner won’t be able to achieve…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 26, 2023 | 5:49 am

Colombia names leftist engineer as new mining minister

Andrés Camacho, 42, will be in charge of Colombia’s transition…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 26, 2023 | 3:57 am

Allkem to receive up to $180 million to develop Argentina plant

A battery-grade brine lithium plant will be developed at the…

Reuters | July 24, 2023 | 2:10 pm

Los Andes Copper signs $20 million royalty deal with Ecora Resources

Prefeasibility study released in February 2023 demonstrated a 26-year open…

Staff Writer | July 24, 2023 | 10:30 am

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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

Sigma Lithium to start civil works at vast Brazilian project

Grota do Cirilo is the largest hard rock lithium project in the Americas, slated to produce 440,000 tonnes of concentrate per year by end of 2023.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2022 | 9:31 am

Copper price up despite China demand concerns

"The lockdown in China has already led to a slowdown in the domestic movement of base metals," said ANZ.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 4, 2022 | 8:19 am

Bolivian senator, Indigenous representatives attacked by illegal miners

The illegal miners are operating near the Madidi National Park.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 3, 2022 | 12:13 pm

How plants support remediation efforts in areas affected by the Fundão dam disaster

Brazilian researchers found that Southern cattail is effective in mitigating the environmental impact of iron ore tailings and trace elements such as nickel, chrome, copper and lead.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 3, 2022 | 7:44 am

Peru to target miners’ ‘excess profits’ in tax reforms

Peru will focus on surplus profits, potentially through an “adjustment” to taxes.

Bloomberg News | April 2, 2022 | 5:28 pm

Vale in advanced talks to sell Center-West system

The companies, which produce iron ore and manganese ore, accounted for $110 million in adjusted EBITDA in 2021.

Reuters | April 1, 2022 | 3:53 pm

Samarco creditors postpone debt restructuring decision to April 18

The Brazilian joint venture offered improved conditions to creditors in a new restructuring plan.

Reuters | April 1, 2022 | 11:14 am

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