South America Top Stories

Brazilian court clears BHP, Vale, and Samarco of charges in 2015 dam disaster

A court in Belo Horizonte ruled that state prosecutors failed to prove that "individual actions" directly contributed to the collapse of the dam.

Bruno Venditti | November 14, 2024 | 10:00 am

Deep sea mining puts $560 billion in land extraction at risk — report

Deep sea mining is expected to negatively affect countries that…

MINING.COM Editor | November 14, 2024 | 1:00 am

Ross Beaty awarded TNM’s lifetime achievement award

Ross Beaty flipped the laptop around and pointed its camera…

Colin McClelland | November 8, 2024 | 6:00 am

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Over the past decade, resource misclassification has saddled the mining…

Henry Lazenby | October 18, 2024 | 2:00 pm

Site visit: Liberty Gold fast tracks past-producing Black Pine in Idaho

Salt Lake City, Utah – Liberty Gold’s (TSX: LGD) vice-president…

Henry Lazenby | October 18, 2024 | 9:00 am

Max Resource expands landholdings in Colombia by 300%

The Vancouver-based miner acquired 2000 square-kilometres of highly prospective areas for copper-silver mineralization in northeastern Colombia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 28, 2021 | 6:10 am

First Quantum copper output hits record

Company achieved its highest ever annual copper production of 779kt in 2020, an 11% increase from 2019.

Bruno Venditti | January 26, 2021 | 8:59 am

Cerrado Gold grows gold-silver portfolio in Argentina

The Toronto-based company is now the owner of Minera Mariana Argentina and its two main assets.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 26, 2021 | 6:15 am

Covid-19 hit Yamana Gold 2020 production

Restrictions imposed in Argentina towards the end of the year impacted its Cerro Moro gold-silver mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 26, 2021 | 3:55 am

Argentina’s mining output fell by 70% in 2020

The Argentine Chamber of Mining Entrepreneurs said the covid-19 pandemic deeply impacted production.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 24, 2021 | 10:40 am

Peru rescinds Canadian company’s exploration rights

Tesoro Minerals’ rights near the Peruvian border with Ecuador have been rescinded via Supreme Decree 001-2021-EM.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 24, 2021 | 8:20 am

Brumadinho dam collapse could have been predicted weeks in advance – study

A new study shows that by applying satellite radar imaging InSAR, it is possible to predict a dam burst.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 24, 2021 | 7:22 am

Responsible Mining Foundation worried about thousands of abandoned, at-risk tailings facilities worldwide

There are more than 30,000 tailings storage facilities around the world and between 25% to 30% of them are abandoned.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 22, 2021 | 6:15 am

Gold Fields picks former Amplats boss Griffith as CEO

Griffith will take the helm in April after current CEO Nick Holland retires, having spent 13 years leading the gold miner.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 21, 2021 | 3:28 am

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Brazilian court clears BHP, Vale, and Samarco of charges in 2015 dam disaster

Deep sea mining puts $560 billion in land extraction at risk — report

Ross Beaty awarded TNM’s lifetime achievement award

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Site visit: Liberty Gold fast tracks past-producing Black Pine in Idaho

Max Resource expands landholdings in Colombia by 300%

First Quantum copper output hits record

Cerrado Gold grows gold-silver portfolio in Argentina

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