Latin America Top Stories

Copper price rises on Peru supply disruption worries

Southern Copper plans to import copper concentrate after protests halted operations at its Cuajone mine.

Staff Writer | March 16, 2022 | 10:16 am

Canadian firm aims to double potash output in project near Brazil indigenous lands

Brazil depends on imports for 95% of its potash and…

Reuters | March 15, 2022 | 6:18 pm

Gravity-defying lithium price rally continues with “little relief in sight”

Chinese lithium prices double again in 2022, Benchmark’s mid-March assessment…

Frik Els | March 15, 2022 | 1:52 pm

Blockade halts Southern Copper’s Cuajone mine in Peru

Operations at the massive copper mine have been suspended since…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 15, 2022 | 4:06 am

Lithium mining: ‘A new Bolivia’, says EnergyX CEO

Teague Egan says EnergyX has the technology that can help…

Amanda Stutt | March 14, 2022 | 12:21 pm

Miners buck M&A slump with pandemic gold deals

More than $16 billion of mergers, acquisitions and investments in other sectors have been terminated in last month.

Bloomberg News | May 12, 2020 | 8:45 am

Vale’s covid-19 challenge winners

Nearly 1,800 solutions were submitted globally and over 300 came from Canada.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 11, 2020 | 3:45 pm

Gran Colombia proposes merger with Gold X, Guyana Goldfields

This combined entity would continue as Gran Colombia.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 11, 2020 | 3:17 pm

Chile mining trade group sees copper supply glut of 200,000 tonnes in 2020

The association anticipates demand to decrease by 3.5-4% and supply to fall by 3%.

Reuters | May 11, 2020 | 2:03 pm

Metals markets to move into surplus — report

Fitch has revised down 2020 copper consumption growth forecasts for China and the US.

MINING.com Editor | May 11, 2020 | 12:40 pm

Fortuna raises $60m to complete Lindero project construction

The Lindero gold project was 94% complete as of March 19, when Argentina's social isolation mandate kicked in.

Jackson Chen | May 11, 2020 | 11:20 am

Aurania finds road that may have connected ancient mining towns in Ecuador

Using LiDAR, the field team identified what could be an ancient road at its Lost Cities - Cutucu project.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 11, 2020 | 6:20 am

SolGold scores $150m in funding from Franco Nevada

The Ecuador-focused copper and gold miner will use the funding to speed up a feasibility study of its Alpala project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2020 | 5:45 am

Demand for battery metals to jump 500% by 2050

The World Bank estimates that over 3 billion tonnes of minerals and metals will be needed to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2020 | 4:03 am

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