South America Top Stories

Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

Record precious metal prices are driving global exploration for gold and silver. Here’s a list of four companies to keep an eye on. Another four companies under the global […]

Northern Miner Staff | March 9, 2026 | 9:30 am

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC), Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) and MP Materials (NYSE: MP)…

Blair McBride | February 3, 2026 | 10:00 am

Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling

Founders Metals, (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) one of the most advanced gold…

Blair McBride | January 9, 2026 | 11:59 am

Veolia sets new standard for large-scale water reuse in Brazil

Veolia’s innovative technologies are establishing a benchmark for water reuse…

Joseph Quesnel | July 29, 2025 | 6:23 pm

Site visit: Pasco aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings

CERRO DE PASCO, PERU — Standing on a hilltop over…

Blair McBride | June 10, 2025 | 5:52 pm

Clay found in bauxite deposits helps produce low-carbon cement

Researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany and the Brazilian University of Pará have found an alternative to the alternative […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 23, 2021 | 6:06 am

Tin mine supply expected to grow through 2021 – report

A new outlook by Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research forecasts that tin mine supply will grow strongly in 2021 due […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 11, 2021 | 6:06 am

Antiplano begins underground drilling at Farellon

Altiplano Metals (TSXV: APN) has begun an underground drill program at its Farellon copper-gold project near La Serena, Chile. The company recently […]

Marilyn Scales | July 13, 2021 | 10:50 am

Epiroc acquires Mining Tag, provider of sensor-based solutions

Epiroc is continuing its buying spree with the acquisition of Mining Tag S.A. of Santiago, Chile. Mining Tag develops and implements sensor-based […]

Alisha Hiyate | July 7, 2021 | 1:26 pm

Lithium supply chain threatened by East-West geopolitical tensions – report

Geopolitical risks and the US-China tensions pose threats to the global lithium supply chain, a new report by Fitch Solutions Country Risk […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 6, 2021 | 6:06 am

German-Chilean project plans to extract raw materials from thermal springs

Researchers at Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology partnered with Chilean colleagues at the Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de Los Andes and […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 5, 2021 | 6:04 am