Latin America Top Stories

Venezuelan Indigenous group rejects presence of state-owned mining company on their land

The Pemón First Nation said the opening of an office of the Venezuelan Mining Corporation on their land formalizes mining activities in protected areas.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 6, 2020 | 5:30 am

Pandemic to accelerate industry automation – report

Fitch predicts miners will explore options to shorten and simplify…

MINING.com Editor | September 4, 2020 | 12:19 pm

Equinox Gold halts Los Filos operations

Company has suspended activities at its gold mine in Mexico…

Bruno Venditti | September 4, 2020 | 8:50 am

Codelco workers threaten action in job conditions row

Tension has brewed between unions and the company over complaints…

Reuters | September 4, 2020 | 7:58 am

Vale conducts first iron ore sale via blockchain

The company said it was an important milestone towards digitalization…

Reuters | September 3, 2020 | 3:28 pm

Anglo American officially out of the Middle East

The miner has finally completed the sale of assets from its Tarmac joint venture to a subsidiary of French engineering and construction group Bouygues.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 12, 2016 | 7:20 am

Endeavour silver production above expectations, but gold falls

It mined 7.2 million ounces of silver last year, or about the same than in 2014, but gold output fell 4% to 60,000 ounces.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 12, 2016 | 7:00 am

Brazil tailings dam spill much smaller than original estimates

BHP Billiton said Friday the dam burst at the Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil released 32m cubic metres of sludge, almost half earlier estimates.

Frik Els | January 8, 2016 | 3:39 pm

Political risk seen on the rise in these key mining markets

Major commodity-producing countries are set to remain under intense finance strain in 2016, which will increase the risk of social unrest, says Verisk Maplecroft.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 8, 2016 | 3:16 am

Iron ore prices to fall back into the $30s — Citi

Prices fell Thursday for a second consecutive session. According to Metal Bulletin, the spot price for benchmark 62% fines dropped by 0.46%, or 20 cents, to $42.91 a tonne.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 7, 2016 | 8:55 am

Private capital won’t touch mining

Only 0.6% of private capital raised in 2015 for natural resource investment is for mining projects–one wind farm fund attracted more than the entire sector.

Frik Els | January 6, 2016 | 11:41 pm

Iron ore price 16% rally off decade low comes to abrupt halt

Hopes pinned on Big 4 to exercise their "unprecedented pricing power".

Frik Els | January 5, 2016 | 4:36 pm

Miners, commodities traders brace for La Niña

The last time the weather event was present, it wrought havoc on the mining industry in Australia, with thermal and coking coal mines in Queensland hit by flooding from cyclones and heavy rain.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 5, 2016 | 5:50 am

Argentinian lithium-potash project sold for $5 million

Canadian merchant bank Aberdeen International (TSX:AAB) has purchased a lithium-potash project in Argentina through a share purchase agreement valued at CAD$5 million.

Andrew Topf | January 3, 2016 | 2:31 pm

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