Latin America Top Stories

Vale to pay $46m for failing to meet deadline to decommission tailings dams

The company will also undertake a series of obligations to remove all of its upstream tailing dams.

Reuters | February 25, 2022 | 1:08 pm

Brazilian farmers rush to secure fertilizers on Ukraine war fears

Brazilian soybean farmers are buying fertilizers for planting that starts…

Bloomberg News | February 25, 2022 | 11:11 am

Tiny robots made in Mexico to explore moon in scientific first

The Colmena mission, which means "beehive" in Spanish, will gather…

Reuters | February 25, 2022 | 8:11 am

Codelco profits surge on higher metals prices

World top copper producer produced 1.618 million tonnes at its…

Reuters | February 25, 2022 | 7:57 am

Chile’s overwhelmed Constitution writers are facing a backlash

Radical proposals that could fundamentally remake the society and economy…

Bloomberg News | February 25, 2022 | 6:40 am

Rio lowers copper target at Oyu Tolgoi

The company won't meet its previous production guidance of 530,000-570,000 tonnes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 17, 2020 | 3:18 am

Mexico’s large miners can withstand impact of coronavirus 3-month shutdown

S&P believes companies are able to absorb a drop in EBITDA of 15% to 20%.

Reuters | April 16, 2020 | 4:17 pm

INTERVIEW: Víctor Gobitz, president Peruvian Institute of Mining Engineers

The lockdown on March 15th caught the mining industry by surprise.

Global Business Reports | April 16, 2020 | 11:30 am

Top managers at mining group Eramet agree to pay cuts

Chairman and CEO Christel Bories will forego 25% of her pay and contribute money to the company's solidarity plan.

Reuters | April 16, 2020 | 8:42 am

Argentina’s fledgling lithium sector clipped by coronavirus

The pandemic has already stymied a US push to develop lithium, while miners have warned the virus could hit to sales and prices further this year.

Reuters | April 16, 2020 | 8:22 am

Barrick maintains 2020 guidance despite output drop

It expects first-quarter gold production to fall by 8.5% due to global efforts to stop the spread of covid-19.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2020 | 5:36 am

Barrick gets 800,000 test kits to screen workers for covid-19

Barrick's CEO said that tests had helped shield the company's operations and host communities from the virus.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 15, 2020 | 3:11 pm

Brazil mineral output drops 17% in Q1

In Q1, mining companies in Brazil produced 147 million mineral tonnes less than the same quarter 2019.

Bruno Venditti | April 15, 2020 | 1:53 pm

Mponeng production stays suspended until April 30

The mine is the only one of AngloGold's 14 operations where production is currently suspended.

Bruno Venditti | April 15, 2020 | 10:37 am

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