South America Top Stories

Veolia sets new standard for large-scale water reuse in Brazil

Veolia’s innovative technologies are establishing a benchmark for water reuse in Brazil. The Vitória Water Reclamation Station will be the world’s first […]

Joseph Quesnel | July 29, 2025 | 6:23 pm

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

CERRO DE PASCO, PERU — Standing on a hilltop over…

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

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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Veolia sets new standard for large-scale water reuse in Brazil

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

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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