Latin America Top Stories

Workers at Codelco protest layoffs amid coronavirus pandemic

A union group said the miner had used the pandemic as a pretext for privatizing some divisions and outsourcing functions to contractors.

Reuters | October 20, 2020 | 10:22 am

Copper price surges to 28-month high

Strikes in top producer Chile, hopes of US economic stimulus…

Frik Els | October 20, 2020 | 10:18 am

Minera Alamos to fast-track development at Cerro de Oro

Located in Zacatecas, Cerro de Oro adds to Minera Alamos’…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 20, 2020 | 6:30 am

BHP scraps $2.5bn Olympic Dam expansion plan

It has decided against the brownfield expansion project after studies…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 20, 2020 | 3:55 am

Vale reports rise in quarterly iron ore output

Company produced 88.7 million tonnes of iron ore in Q3,…

Reuters | October 19, 2020 | 8:43 pm

Copper production growing by 1m tonnes a year

ICSG study forecasts global copper output growing at a robust average annual rate of 4% to reach 26.5 million tonnes a year in 2019.

Frik Els | July 26, 2016 | 5:13 pm

Iron ore price jumps on China anti-dumping move

China Miners' Association want action against Vale, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton for flooding domestic market with cheap ore.

Frik Els | July 26, 2016 | 3:01 pm

China snaps up $4.5bn worth of overseas mining assets in just six months

Most of them have been after existing operations and companies, rather than trying to build mines from scratch.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2016 | 9:02 am

Rising metal prices help AngloGold Ashanti swing back to profit

The world’s third-biggest gold miner said its net earnings will also benefit from weaker operating currencies in South Africa, Brazil, Australia and Argentina.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 22, 2016 | 3:54 am

Brazil’s 2016 Olympic medal has barely any gold on it

It's actually made of 494g of silver and just 6g of the precious yellow metal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 21, 2016 | 12:05 pm

Vale iron ore output falls in second quarter but still beats estimates

It produced 86.82 million tonnes of iron ore in the April-to-June period, down 2.8% from a year earlier.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 21, 2016 | 6:03 am

Heavy snowfall in Chile forces Anglo to cut annual copper target

Shares plunged after miner revealed that output fell almost across the board in the April – June period.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 20, 2016 | 3:41 am

BHP’s copper output to bounce back

World's top miner expects to produce 1.7 million tonnes in 2017 as output at giant Escondida mine jumps 9%.

Frik Els | July 19, 2016 | 5:13 pm

Shares of Vancouver zinc producer blows up

Trevali stock is up 44% in two weeks as Canadian mine enters commercial production and record output at flagship Peru operation is topped by high-grade find.

Frik Els | July 19, 2016 | 11:34 am

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