Mexico and Central America Top Stories

Panama’s president gives final approval to First Quantum copper mine contract

The bill was approved in a third and final brief debate with 44 votes in favor, five against, and two abstentions.

Reuters | October 20, 2023 | 9:21 am

Grupo Mexico being pushed to resume cleanup of 2014 mine spill

Agroup of activists, miners, academics and residents are scheduled to attempt to…

Bloomberg News | October 19, 2023 | 4:33 pm

RMI and Copper Mark release Risk Readiness Assessment criteria

RRA consists of 33 criteria covering ESG risks, and defines…

Staff Writer | October 19, 2023 | 11:58 am

Grupo Mexico proposes work group to address Sonora river contamination

Nine years ago, a toxic mining acid spill into the…

Reuters | October 18, 2023 | 4:08 am

Oroco shares rise on PEA for Santo Tomas copper project in Mexico

Over an approximate 20-year mine life, the Santo Tomas project…

Staff Writer | October 17, 2023 | 9:37 am

Vulcan mining unit shut down by Mexican authorities

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has previously criticized Vulcan's "destruction" of the area.

Reuters | May 5, 2022 | 8:34 pm

Grupo Mexico’s Q1 net profit falls 7.2% after Peru blockage

Mexico's top copper miner's revenues rose 9.6% to $3.76 billion, above the Refinitiv estimate of $3.68 billion.

Reuters | May 2, 2022 | 5:40 pm

Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining blasts mining law reform

The Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining blasted the contents of the legal reforms that nationalize the lithium industry.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 1, 2022 | 1:37 pm

Gatos Silver halts operations as Mexican regulator pulls permit

Shares fell 7% following the suspension of the explosive and blasting permit.

Staff Writer | April 28, 2022 | 6:05 am

Business group blasts Mexico’s new lithium law as violating trade deal

The business group warned that Mexico will have to compensate companies with active mining concessions if their rights are violated.

Reuters | April 27, 2022 | 1:37 pm

First Quantum Minerals’ profit more than doubles on higher prices

Net earnings attributable to shareholders rose to $385 million in the quarter ended March 31.

Reuters | April 26, 2022 | 1:23 pm

Head of Mexico City government compares lithium nationalization to that of oil 84 years ago

Claudia Sheinbaum compared the initiative of Andrés Manuel López Obrador to that General Lázaro Cárdenas pushed in 1938.

Staff Writer | April 24, 2022 | 1:22 pm

Mexico nationalizes lithium mining

The law, which came into force on Thursday, elevates lithium to the category of “strategic mineral” that belongs to the state.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 21, 2022 | 10:01 am

Mexico’s lower house backs lithium nationalization plans

The proposed law, now in the hands of the Senate, bans all private participation in the exploration and mining of the battery metal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 19, 2022 | 4:13 am

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