Latin America Top Stories

Barrick to decide fate of Lama gold-silver project in 2024

The world's second-largest gold miner by reserves said it continues to “intensively explore” for more resources in the area.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 19, 2021 | 3:48 am

Copper price surges past $11,000 on supply squeeze

Traders are paying huge premiums for quickly deliverable copper after…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 18, 2021 | 11:28 pm

Peru community says will block key mining road used by MMG’s Las Bambas mine

Local leaders say Las Bambas has brought pollution to the…

Reuters | October 18, 2021 | 11:07 pm

Nickel price shrugs off Vale Onça Puma halt after court order

According to a report from the NGO Finnwatch, Vale operations…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 18, 2021 | 9:10 am

Green Energy Metals: Eight companies with big ambitions

Companies on the global hunt for lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt,…

Marilyn Scales - The Northern Miner | October 15, 2021 | 1:23 pm

Brazilian state signs $2.2bn ‘mega-dam’ deal with Chinese miner – report

The "mega-dam" would be some 70 times bigger than the tailings dam that collapsed at Vale's site in the town of Brumadinho in January.

Reuters | September 15, 2019 | 9:49 am

MAPPED: Top 20 biggest gold mines

Barrick Gold has ownership in seven of the 20 largest gold mines on the globe based on annual output.

Frik Els | September 13, 2019 | 12:40 pm

Vale partially halts work at second-largest iron ore mine

Brucutu, which has an annual capacity of 30 million tonnes of iron ore, is Minas Gerais state's largest mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 13, 2019 | 7:04 am

Canadian economy won’t feel impact of battery metal mining

A new study says global battery metals consumption will rise six-fold by the mid 2020s but impact in Canada will be minimal.

Frik Els | September 12, 2019 | 4:17 pm

Brazilian lithium producer Sigma in talks with Tesla, other automakers

Sigma, which recently received its license to begin hard rock lithium mining in Minas Gerais, met with Tesla supplier Ganfeng Lithium.

Reuters | September 12, 2019 | 12:40 pm

Global gold sector unveils responsible mining principles

The framework sets out clear expectations for investors and downstream users as to what constitutes responsible gold mining.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2019 | 11:00 pm

Brazil mining standards, post-Vale disaster, aim to boost accountability

The governance standard would also help ensure independent reviews of dams and adequate disclosure of safety risks.

Reuters | September 11, 2019 | 12:08 pm

Chilean lithium producer SQM bullish on white gold demand

SQM expects to invest about $2.1 billion in the next five years to strengthen its production.

Reuters | September 11, 2019 | 10:29 am

Nationwide mine strike in Peru called “a failure”

Peru is the world’s second-largest producer of copper, silver and zinc.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 10, 2019 | 3:04 pm

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