Latin America Top Stories

In Bolivia’s silver mountain, artisanal miners turn to coca and the devil

They live off what they earn from the scraps of silver they find in Cerro Rico, which is slowly sinking and collapsing onto itself.

Reuters | May 30, 2022 | 4:16 am

Glencore bribery cases draw in billionaire former executives

The US government said that two former top Glencore executives…

Bloomberg News | May 29, 2022 | 10:00 am

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru Snapshot: Eight companies with properties to watch

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru offer miners a blend of established…

Staff Writer | May 27, 2022 | 11:35 am

Lucky Minerals arranges funding for first drill program at Fortuna, shares rise

Proceeds will be used to fund the company's first drill…

Staff Writer | May 27, 2022 | 8:56 am

Equinox and Sandstorm create new royalty company

The two companies will sell royalties to Rosedale Resources to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 27, 2022 | 3:59 am

Iron ore price rally turns into rout

Iron ore price falls 6% since Monday as supply concerns ease and port inventories climb.

Frik Els | September 17, 2020 | 9:01 am

Southern Silver acquires Cerro Las Minitas project in Mexico

The acquisition provides the miner with a 150% increase in attributable resources.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 17, 2020 | 6:30 am

Cerrado Gold to combine geoscience, machine learning at Minera Don Nicolás project

The miner engaged GoldSpot Discoveries to clean, unify and analyze data to target exploration.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 17, 2020 | 6:15 am

Restoration after 2015 Brazil dam burst behind schedule – UN expert

None of 42 projects is on track, says the UN, alleging that miners had failed to provide effective reparations since Brazil's worst environmental disaster.

Reuters | September 16, 2020 | 2:42 pm

SolGold kicks off drilling at Porvenir

Initial work indicates a sequential vein development similar to the Alpala deposit.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 16, 2020 | 12:09 pm

First Quantum stock surges – expects no more covid disruptions

The Cobre Panama mine, which was shut in early April by order of Panama's health ministry, has not had any covid-19 cases on site since May.

Jackson Chen | September 16, 2020 | 9:38 am

Vale targets 400m tonnes of iron ore capacity per year

The company currently has the capacity to produce 318 million tonnes a year.

Bruno Venditti | September 16, 2020 | 9:23 am

Ivanhoe’s Congo mine productivity peerless among copper giants

GRAPHIC: Not just massive in scale, every tonne of copper ore milled at Kamoa-Kakula will be worth $286 – 9 times richer than Escondida, 35 times Morenci.

Frik Els | September 15, 2020 | 2:03 pm

Atlantic Nickel to invest $335 million in Brazil

Company will invest starting in 2026 to build an underground nickel sulphide mine in Brazil's Bahia state.

Reuters | September 15, 2020 | 8:58 am

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