Latin America Top Stories

Antofagasta CEO voices concern about recession hitting copper prices

Earlier on Wednesday the government cut its 2023 average price estimate to $3.62 per pound, from a previous estimate of $3.92 last July.

Reuters | October 5, 2022 | 12:23 pm

Visualizing the world’s largest iron ore producers

Iron is the fourth most abundant element on the planet…

Visual Capitalist - Elements | October 5, 2022 | 9:41 am

Aura Minerals advances Matupá gold project in Brazil closer to production with FS release

The Matupá FS outlined an after-tax net present value of…

Staff Writer | October 5, 2022 | 8:49 am

Vale hires advisors as it assesses ‘value-unlocking alternatives’

Financial Times reported that Vale was in talks to sell…

Reuters | October 5, 2022 | 8:04 am

Union at Antofagasta’s Los Pelambres mine expects labour deal to avoid strike

Talks formally begin on Wednesday.

Reuters | October 4, 2022 | 12:57 pm

Equinox begins Bermejal underground development

Higher grade ore from the Bermejal underground mine will contribute to increasing production at Los Filos in future years, Equinox says.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 12, 2021 | 9:16 am

Aurania finds layers of mineralization at Tiria-Shimpia target, shares up

Tiria-Shimpia is shaping up to be Aurania's first discovery, the company says.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 12, 2021 | 8:56 am

Giant copper mines start to get serious about green hydrogen

An Anglo American Plc pilot project has been supplying the clean gas to a forklift at a waste facility in Chile for the past two months.

Bloomberg News | April 12, 2021 | 7:48 am

Antofagasta says surging copper price not enough to entice big investments

Company CEO said he was confident Antofagasta would produce between 730,000 tonnes and 760,000 tonnes of copper in 2021 from its Chile operations.

Reuters | April 12, 2021 | 7:30 am

Anglo American says output on track at Chilean mines despite virus surge

Anglo was the worst hit among its peers by coronavirus lockdowns in 2020.

Reuters | April 12, 2021 | 7:24 am

Chile minister says mining royalty bill “unconstitutional”

Mining minister Juan Carlos Jobet said President Sebastian Piñera's administration is against setting a 3% royalty on copper and lithium.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 12, 2021 | 7:05 am

Pro-foreign investment Lasso wins Ecuador presidential election

He has also vowed to enforce environmental protection rules and secure Indigenous communities' participation in deciding the future of projects.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 12, 2021 | 4:59 am

In the midst of a presidential election, Peru mining sector reports mixed results

Copper production in Peru has been on a slow roller coaster but it is expected to rise by 16% by year-end.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 11, 2021 | 12:00 pm

Ecuador holds election closely watched by global miners

Leftist Andrés Arauz and right-wing Guillermo Lasso have both vowed to continue promoting the oil and mining sectors, but their approach would be quite different.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 9, 2021 | 4:00 pm

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