Latin America Top Stories

Fortuna Silver to buy West Africa-focused Chesser Resources for $60m

Deal expands Fortuna's footprint in West Africa, where it has the Yaramoko gold mining complex in Burkina Faso and the Séguéla project in Côte d’Ivoire.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 9, 2023 | 3:55 am

Deadly gold mine fire in Peru highlights dismal safety record

Between 2010 and 2021, more than 500 workers died in…

Bloomberg News | May 8, 2023 | 1:22 pm

Brazilian iron ore state wants to lure lithium investors

Minas Gerais will welcome “investors from all over the world”…

Bloomberg News | May 8, 2023 | 10:14 am

Lithium markets have hit a turning point – Morgan Stanley

Market is expected to remain in a deficit in 2023…

Staff Writer | May 8, 2023 | 9:34 am

Graphic: Argentina sets lofty sights on global copper top 10

The South American country has a pipeline of copper projects…

Reuters | May 8, 2023 | 7:57 am

A squeeze on lithium has top producer ‘going as fast as we can’

Albemarle plans to start sales from a new plant in Chile early 2022 and from an expansion in Western Australia around the middle of the year.

Bloomberg News | November 4, 2021 | 5:04 pm

RANKED: Top 10 mines with world’s most valuable ore

In mining, grade is king.

MINING.com Editor | November 4, 2021 | 2:27 pm

Sherritt plans to expand Cuban nickel mine

The plan calls for a multi-phased approach, and work will include a new slurry preparation plant and expansion of other circuits at the mill.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 4, 2021 | 11:35 am

Barrick Gold quarterly profit dented by weak prices

The gold giant reported an 18% drop in third-quarter profit from the prior three-month period, weighed down by weaker prices for the precious metal.

Reuters | November 4, 2021 | 3:27 am

Brazil’s CSN expects to produce or buy up to 37kt of iron ore in 2021

The firm expects capital expenditure on mine expansion projects to reach 560 million reais ($101 million) this year.

Reuters | November 3, 2021 | 9:55 pm

Damage from Brazil’s Samarco disaster at least $6.7bn, study says

The conclusions come as Brazilian authorities and Samarco co-owners enter the final phases of a re-negotiation of a 2016 settlement.

Reuters | November 3, 2021 | 1:20 pm

Codelco see copper production fall in September

BHP's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, saw production drop 12.2% year-on-year to 82,600 tonnes in the same month.

Reuters | November 3, 2021 | 8:00 am

Anglo American strategy boss replaces Cutifani as CEO

Duncan Wanblad, 54, will be the first South African to run the company since Tony Trahar stepped down in 2007.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 3, 2021 | 3:44 am

Peru central bank warns against anti-mining protests damage

A rising wave of anti-mining protest in Peru has paralyzed several operations in the world’s second largest copper producing country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 2, 2021 | 9:15 am

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