Latin America Top Stories

Bear Creek raising C$30M in bought deal

The net proceeds of the offering are expected to be used for ongoing development work at the company’s flagship Corani silver-lead-zinc project in southern Peru.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 6, 2021 | 4:57 am

Codelco okays $1.4bn plan to expand Salvador mine

It will convert Salvador, in operation since 1959, from an…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 5, 2021 | 9:31 am

Intercontinental ships first zinc-silver concentrate from Bolivia

The initial shipment added up to 420 tonnes of zinc-silver…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 5, 2021 | 6:19 am

SilverCrest secures $120m facility for Las Chispas

The financing is intended to fund the construction of the…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 4, 2021 | 11:55 am

Brazil Minerals to expand lithium project

The hard-rock lithium asset is located in the northeast part…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 4, 2021 | 7:05 am

Low copper prices force Codelco to revise underground expansion of Chuquicamata

Modifications seek to simplify aspects of the project originally approved in 2010 in order to optimize mineral handling.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 23, 2017 | 7:01 am

Report blasts Antofagasta’s Minera Los Pelambres

Two days before Antofgasta's annual general meeting in London, an 18-pages long report by the London Mining Network slams Los Pelambres' environmental record.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 22, 2017 | 12:51 pm

Rio Tinto launches new debt reduction programme

The company said that today’s announcement is part of its ongoing capital management plan.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 22, 2017 | 9:07 am

BSGR may have to pay $1.2bn for no show at Simandou-related hearing

The company, which could lose the arbitration as a result, will have to pay the amount to former partner Vale.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2017 | 8:23 am

Venezuelan NGO asks government to kill Mining Arch decree

An NGO based in the southern Bolívar state is calling the Venezuelan government to kill the 2016 decree that creates the Mining Arch of the Orinoco River National Development Strategic Zone.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 18, 2017 | 7:29 pm

Canada’s Trevali picks up Glencore zinc mines in Africa

The deal, worth about $400 million, will make Trevali the first pure zinc producer with operations in North and South America as well as Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2017 | 10:43 am

First Quantum to kick off massive $5.48bn copper mine in Panama in just months

Cobre Panama project is now 50% complete and on track to produce 320,000 tonnes of copper in 2019, making the company one of the world’s top six producers of the red metal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2017 | 3:48 am

Here’s why Colombia’s mining sector is losing its shine

Companies are pressing the government to better regulate public consultations and votes on mining projects, as they see legal uncertainty as the industry's main current challenge.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 17, 2017 | 8:08 am

These 5 trends will boost copper demand

Increasing demand for efficient building systems, electric vehicles and renewables generation could add more than 4 million tonnes of annual copper use by 2030, a study shows.

MINING.com Editor | May 16, 2017 | 5:00 am

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