SANTIAGO – Unionized copper mine workers in Chile asked to be included in a dialogue between companies and the government to address the exploding coronavirus crisis in the world´s top producer of the red metal. […]
SANTIAGO – Barrick Gold, the world’s top miner of the metal, says it is writing down its investment in its Pascua-Lama project in South America to the tune of $429 million in the fourth quarter. […]
Daniel Gutman BUENOS AIRES – Argentina does not have the mining tradition of other South American countries, but this could begin to change. The government wants to draw 30 billion dollars in foreign investment to tap […]
SANTIAGO – President Michelle Bachelet’s entire economic team resigned Thursday, in a major blow to South America’s wealthiest and most stable nation just three months before key presidential election. Finance Minister Rodrigo Valdes, his deputy […]
SANTIAGO – Chile produced 429,241 mt of copper in April, down 1.8% from a year earlier but up 13.5% on the month as output began to recover from a prolonged strike at the giant Escondida […]
SAN SALVADOR – The smallest country in Central America – El Salvador – has approved a law prohibiting all metal mining in an attempt to protect the environment and natural resources, becoming the first country […]
TORONTO – Two of Canada’s biggest gold companies – Barrick and Goldcorp – are creating a new joint venture to advance several mining projects clustered in northern Chile. The joint venture will be owned equally […]
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