Latin America Top Stories

Atlantic Nickel extends Santa Rita mine life to 34 years

Appian Capital Advisory’s Atlantic Nickel has released the results from a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its wholly owned Santa Rita nickel-copper-cobalt mine in northeastern Brazil.

Northern Miner Staff | September 28, 2020 | 12:02 pm

Lundin reports interruption to operations at Chapada

Company has withdrawn its 2020 production, cash cost and capital…

Northern Miner Staff | September 28, 2020 | 11:52 am

Brazil’s hidden treasures

Country still takes baby steps when it comes to research…

Bruno Venditti | September 28, 2020 | 8:43 am

Vale suspends waste disposal operations at Viga plant

Activities at the Viga mine are unaffected, company said.

Reuters | September 28, 2020 | 7:51 am

Venezuelan opposition party demands environmentally friendlier mining operations

Encuentro Ciudadano is preparing a report aimed at informing discussions…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 27, 2020 | 7:00 am

September cyanide spill at Argentina gold mine wasn’t the first

Three spills between 2011–2012 were contained by control systems at Barrick Gold's Veladero mine and did not pose any environmental risks.

Frik Els | March 28, 2016 | 12:10 pm

China’s Zijin Mining profit in 2015 hit by gold, base metal prices slump

Net profit for 2015 dropped by almost 30% to $261 million (1.7 billion yuan) from the previous year's $353 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2016 | 8:59 am

Barrick Gold chairman John Thornton takes a 76% pay cut

He will receive $3.4 million for his work in 2015, including compensations and pension, a significant reduction from the almost $13 million he pocketed in 2014.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2016 | 4:50 am

World’s No.1 copper miner Codelco posts historic loss of $1.4bn in 2015

For every penny copper prices drop, Codelco loses $36 million and Chile, the world's largest producing country, $50 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2016 | 8:32 am

US judge rules Barrick Gold must face group lawsuit over Pascua-Lama mine

Class action claims that Barrick repeatedly and knowingly misled shareholders about whether Pascua-Lama complied with environmental regulations.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2016 | 7:55 am

Palisade Mine Tour II – awakening a sleeping giant: District size gold in Paraguay

Palisade had the pleasure of sending our Technical Team to site for a little due diligence, and wow were we surprised with what this little cafeteria loaner had to offer. We were so impressed, we invested!

Palisade Research | March 23, 2016 | 11:18 am

Mitsui posts first loss ever amid $2.3bn copper, gas write-downs

About $1 billion of the total write-down was due to copper projects in Chile and revisions to the long-term price outlook.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 23, 2016 | 3:50 am

The richest and poorest countries in the world

The world economy is complex, but today’s series of maps will allow you to simplify your understanding of the relative wealth of people around the globe.

Visual Capitalist | March 21, 2016 | 2:52 pm

New chief David Garofalo on the future of Goldcorp

“My challenge is to re-orient Goldcorp, harvest that business and optimize the existing assets.”

Carmen Gomez-Cotta | March 20, 2016 | 11:41 am

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