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

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

Southern mining municipalities are the most violent in Venezuela – report

The three most violent municipalities in Venezuela are located in the southeastern Bolívar state mining area, a new report by the NGO […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 29, 2023 | 10:29 am

Anglo American submits $1.1-billion tailings, water management plan for Los Bronces

Anglo American (LON: AAL) submitted an environmental impact declaration before Chile’s Environmental Assessment Service (SEA), which is aimed at accelerating the tailings […]

Staff Writer | December 26, 2023 | 10:48 am

Glencore deploys autonomous trucks at Lomas Bayas copper mine

After having implemented autonomous drills, Glencore’s (LON: GLEN) Lomas Lab introduced a full set of autonomous haul trucks at the Lomas Bayas […]

Staff Writer | December 10, 2023 | 8:53 am

Global gold snapshot: Eight companies exploring the world for the yellow metal

As gold prices reach historic highs of US$2,019 per oz., exploration companies are pursuing the yellow metal from up and down the […]

Norm Tollinsky | December 8, 2023 | 4:00 pm

Lithium insights: Mapping recent offtake deals

As electric vehicle uptake continues to rise, car companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are forging new relationships with miners for supplies […]

Blair McBride | December 6, 2023 | 5:01 pm

Founders Metals’ high-grade hits hint at Guiana Shield bounty for Antino project in Suriname

Founders Metals (TSXV: FDR) has been hitting high-grade gold in southeastern Suriname over the past seven months, fuelling hopes that its Antino […]

Blair McBride | December 2, 2023 | 10:19 am

Nearly one-third of tailings dams close to protected areas – study

Nearly a third of the world’s mine tailings are stored within or near protected conservation areas, posing risks to some of the […]

Staff Writer | November 28, 2023 | 6:06 am

Fraser Institute ranks global mining with 9% of survey

An annual report that may affect billions of dollars in investment decisions has a weak process to rank countries, provinces and states […]

Colin McClelland | November 20, 2023 | 8:00 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

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

Southern mining municipalities are the most violent in Venezuela – report

Anglo American submits $1.1-billion tailings, water management plan for Los Bronces

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