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

CERRO DE PASCO, PERU — Standing on a hilltop over central Peru’s Cerro De Pasco at 4,300 metres above sea level, two […]

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

Spotlight: Global gold and silver projects in view

Economic and geopolitical uncertainty continues to fuel the gold price…

Blair McBride | June 6, 2025 | 2:56 pm

Infographic: Gold and silver producers vs reserves

The ranks of the world’s top precious metal producing countries…

Blair McBride | June 3, 2025 | 1:38 pm

Q&A JV with Eriez: How the HydroFloat system improves mining operation profitability

As pressure mounts on miners to deliver critical minerals faster…

Northern Miner Staff | April 28, 2025 | 9:00 am

Aris Mining’s Woodyer on his billion-dollar babies

The Northern Miner podcast host Adrian Pocobelli sat down with…

Adrian Pocobelli | March 2, 2025 | 2:47 pm

Emirati company to invest $550 million in Argentinian lithium project

United Mining Projects Corporation, through Marhen Lithium, wants to develop the Rio Grande Sur lithium brine salar project in Catamarca.

Staff Writer | April 21, 2024 | 7:03 am

Illegal workers arrested at Posco Argentina operation

Argentina’s National Migrations Directorate, National Labour Directorate and Federal Police carried out an operation in the northwestern Salta province that ended up […]

Staff Writer | April 14, 2024 | 12:43 pm

Elder hurt in violent clash between Argentinian Indigenous community, police over mining project

Representatives from the Peñas Negras Indigenous community, in northwestern Argentina, clashed with heavily armed police officers who were escorting Elevado Gold personnel […]

Staff Writer | April 14, 2024 | 5:34 am

JV Video: Cordoba advances Alacran copper project in Colombia

Cordoba Minerals (TSXV: CDB; US-OTC: CDB) expects to get environmental approval for its US$420.4-million Alacran copper project in Colombia by December, president […]

Colin McClelland | April 12, 2024 | 10:27 am

Dry Andes more sensitive to lithium mining than previously thought – study

US-based researchers conducted the widest-ever hydrological tracer analysis of the Dry Andes region in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia and found that the […]

Staff Writer | April 7, 2024 | 6:45 am

Ecuadorian human rights organization denounces criminalization of anti-mining protest

Ecuador’s Ecumenical Human Rights Commission (CEDHU) issued a couple of statements this week denouncing the criminalization of anti-mining protests by law enforcement […]

Staff Writer | March 24, 2024 | 7:10 am

Ecuadorian government releases controversial prior consultation manual

Following a visit by Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Energy Minister Andrea Arrobo to Canada in the context of the 2024 Prospectors […]

Staff Writer | March 10, 2024 | 7:04 pm

Worker’s death spurs strike action at Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic mine

Following the death of Ana Camila Rojas Farías in an accident on March 8, unionized workers blocked Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic copper mine […]

Staff Writer | March 9, 2024 | 2:10 pm

JV Article: Argentina Lithium targets first resource by September

Argentina Lithium & Energy (TSX-V: LIT; US-OTC: LILIF), backed by Chrysler automaker Stellantis, says it’s drilling the Rincon West lithium brine project, […]

Northern Miner Staff | March 4, 2024 | 12:00 pm

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

Spotlight: Global gold and silver projects in view

Infographic: Gold and silver producers vs reserves

Q&A JV with Eriez: How the HydroFloat system improves mining operation profitability

Aris Mining’s Woodyer on his billion-dollar babies

Emirati company to invest $550 million in Argentinian lithium project

Illegal workers arrested at Posco Argentina operation

Elder hurt in violent clash between Argentinian Indigenous community, police over mining project

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