South America Top Stories

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

Solaris strikes deal with Ecuadorian Indigenous organization, other groups complain

Vancouver-based Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS) announced a trilateral cooperation agreement with the Interprovincial Federation of Shuar Centers (FICSH) and Ecuador’s Alliance for […]

Staff Writer | March 3, 2024 | 2:54 am

New method could simplify detection of diamond deposits

Geologists from ETH Zurich and the University of Melbourne have established a link between diamond occurrence and the mineral olivine. In a […]

Staff Writer | February 11, 2024 | 6:06 am

Argentina, US strengthen ties concerning critical minerals

The Argentine Chamber of Mining Companies (CAEM) and the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian A. Nichols, […]

Staff Writer | February 11, 2024 | 5:56 am

Argentinian, German officials meet to discuss critical minerals

Argentina’s Mining Secretary, Flavia Royon, and the governors of the Lithium Table provinces, that is, Jujuy, Catamarca and San Juan, travelled to […]

Staff Writer | February 4, 2024 | 7:06 am

Peruvian government unveils platform to expedite exploration permits

Officials from the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) met with representatives from the largest mining companies operating in the country […]

Staff Writer | February 4, 2024 | 5:45 am

High-voltage tower serving Poderosa gold mine in Peru destroyed by illegal miners

This is the 11th time in a year that illegal miners have attacked La Poderosa's energy infrastructure.

Staff Writer | January 28, 2024 | 12:09 pm

Original features of Vale’s tailings dam may have been responsible for failure – study

New research out of ETH Zurich suggests that certain features of the tailings dam at Vale’s Corrego do Feijao iron ore mine […]

Staff Writer | January 17, 2024 | 5:05 am

Energy metals snapshot: Eight companies hunting for green technology metals

Green metals are critical to new decarbonization technologies including lithium-ion batteries, electric and hybrid vehicles, while rising demand for nuclear energy projects […]

Northern Miner Staff | January 16, 2024 | 6:43 am

Brazilian government, miners join forces to improve security in gold mining areas

The Brazilian Institute of Mining (Ibram) joined forces with the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety and some of the largest mining […]

Staff Writer | January 7, 2024 | 8:00 am

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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

Solaris strikes deal with Ecuadorian Indigenous organization, other groups complain

New method could simplify detection of diamond deposits

Argentina, US strengthen ties concerning critical minerals

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