Increasing disposable income in emerging economies and the adoption of greener technologies, are the two factors to drive most of the expected increased demand in copper during the next five years.

Los Mineros Union, led by expat in Vancouver Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, had been fighting since November 2017, to be the legally constituted union at the ELG Mine Complex.

Salares Norte production to begin around 2021 and quickly achieve target output of 345,000 ounces of gold a year.

The Responsible Mining Index, launched in Geneva on Wednesday, assesses the policies and practices of 30 large companies that produce 25 percent of mined commodities, from gold to copper and coal, operating in more than 40 countries.

A diamond drilling campaign is about to start at the Salobro Zinc Project.

The court accepted as valid arguments and evidence presented by community leaders who claimed that waste emissions from South32’s Cerro Matoso nickel mine caused skin, lung and heart problems to people in the nearby towns.

Pro-mining votes seem set to benefit local companies and mining in streams and on mountainsides, not multinationals.

Once these projects are completed, Mantos Copper expects its production to nearly double to 165,000 tonnes annually.