Latin America Top Stories

Copper price down as dollar gains ahead of US jobs data

Copper prices eased on Friday as the dollar firmed ahead of key US jobs data that is expected to cement the path towards monetary tightening.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 3, 2021 | 9:18 am

Tailings pond collapse affects world’s highest human settlement

The collapse of a tailings facility in Peru’s Ananea district…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 3, 2021 | 5:09 am

MMG to shut down operations at Las Bambas copper mine by mid-December

Operations at the mine were disrupted for nearly 400 days…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 3, 2021 | 3:59 am

Carbon brakes aluminum supply response to booming prices

Aluminum traders didn't used to think much about the weather…

Reuters | December 2, 2021 | 8:53 pm

Exploration Snapshot: Eight companies searching for future mines

Mining companies are scouring the globe for new deposits.

Marilyn Scales - The Northern Miner | December 2, 2021 | 3:09 pm

Canada’s Equinox Gold buys smaller rival Leagold in $578 million deal

Deal adds Leagold's four mines in Mexico and Brazil to Equinox’s two mines in California, US, and one in Brazil.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 16, 2019 | 4:46 am

Crisis is rocking Latin America. Peru is an island of uneasy calm

Farmers in the Rio Tambo area feel betrayed by Peru’s president after his government gave final approval to Southern Copper Corp.’s Tia Maria project.

Bloomberg News | December 15, 2019 | 10:05 am

Peru creates new conservation area to protect glaciers from extractive operations

The Ausangate Regional Conservation Area is located in the Cusco region whose governor will ask for mining concessions to be revoked.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 15, 2019 | 7:30 am

Brazil Vale dam near site of January disaster has ‘cracks’ -TV station

Brazil's TV program "Jornal da Band" obtained a report regarding the B-5 dam from prosecutors in the state of Minas Gerais through a freedom of information request.

Reuters | December 14, 2019 | 11:27 am