South America Top Stories

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

As pressure mounts on miners to deliver critical minerals faster and cleaner, technologies that boost efficiency while cutting environmental impact are in […]

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

Bravo Mining shares jump as Luanga PGM resource expands

Luanga is located near Vale’s Carajás complex.

Staff Writer | February 18, 2025 | 10:03 am

JV Q&A: How Dundee Sustainable Technologies’ eco-friendly advances boost ESG credentials

Dundee Sustainable Technologies (CSE: DST) has developed two innovative metallurgical…

Northern Miner Staff | February 3, 2025 | 3:53 pm

Rio Tinto to invest $2.5 billion to expand Rincon lithium project

Rincon is the company's first commercial-scale lithium operation.

Bruno Venditti | December 12, 2024 | 8:05 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

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

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

Aris Mining’s Woodyer on his billion-dollar babies

Bravo Mining shares jump as Luanga PGM resource expands

JV Q&A: How Dundee Sustainable Technologies’ eco-friendly advances boost ESG credentials

Rio Tinto to invest $2.5 billion to expand Rincon lithium project

Argentinian, German officials meet to discuss critical minerals

Peruvian government unveils platform to expedite exploration permits

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

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