Latin America Top Stories

Anglo American to build green hydrogen hub in central Chile

The project, focused on innovation and new technologies, would involve building facilities around Santiago and the Valparaiso coastal region.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2023 | 10:10 am

Copper mining project must be suspended, Ecuador court rules

The Imbabura provincial court said a 2014 environmental license and…

Reuters | April 5, 2023 | 12:04 pm

Brazil court backs crackdown on illegal gold mining in Amazon

Court decision legal practice of buyers accepting the origin of…

Reuters | April 5, 2023 | 10:48 am

Chile copper production down 3.4% in February – Cochilco

Output from Codelco fell 14.8% year on year to 105,400…

Reuters | April 5, 2023 | 7:43 am

Hochschild Mining walks away from Canadian gold project

It has ended option to earn in a 60% stake…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2023 | 3:54 am

VIDEO: No injuries after a landslide at Itaminas mine near Brumadinho

The debris hit a truck, a backhoe, and a car but no one was inside the cars at the time of the accident.

Bruno Venditti | August 9, 2021 | 2:05 pm

Eldorado Gold sells Tocantinzinho project in Brazil to G Mining Ventures

A 2019 technical report outlines an open-pit gold mine with an expected operative life of 10 years and annual gold production of 170,000 ounces.

MINING.com Editor | August 9, 2021 | 12:49 pm

Copper price falls as China’s import volumes drop by over 10%

Copper prices fell to their lowest in more than two weeks on Monday as a firm dollar and demand worries weighed on sentiment.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 9, 2021 | 10:09 am

UN says IPCC’s climate report “code red for humanity”

First major assessment from the UN-backed experts committee in nearly a decade sees no end to rising temperatures before 2050.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 9, 2021 | 8:04 am

Barrick Gold sees little hit from inflation, reaffirms 2021 targets

Production fell 9.4% to 1.04 million ounces due to planned maintenance at its Nevada Gold Mine and Pueblo Viejo.

Reuters | August 9, 2021 | 5:09 am

Vale iron ore shipments from Northern Brazil at lowest in 4 years

Iron ore shipments from the Ponta da Madeira port in São Luís were 18% lower than expected in July, according to Marine Traffic.

Bruno Venditti | August 8, 2021 | 9:45 pm

Talks at world’s top copper mine are heading for a tense finale

A months-long wage negotiation at the world’s biggest copper mine is heading into a tense finale over the coming days.

Bloomberg News | August 8, 2021 | 12:16 pm

UN asks Grupo Mexico to compensate victims of Buenaventura mine spill

The Mexican chapter of the High Commissioner’s Office for Human Rights of the United Nations demanded full compensation from Grupo Mexico to […]

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 8, 2021 | 10:11 am

Copper price gains as world’s biggest mine preps for strike

“Dr. Copper is supposed to give a good reading of how the economy is doing, and I think we are in limbo phase right now,” said WisdomTree analyst Nitesh Shah.

Reuters | August 6, 2021 | 4:33 am

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