Zinc Slips as Peru-Brazil Miner Nexa Slides on Boliden Deal
Zinc: the metal eased 0.46% on Friday while Nexa fell 3.96%, as investors weighed Boliden's US$1.31 billion deal for Votorantim's...
August 29, 2026Section
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Iron Ore Holds Its Range as Brazil’s Vale Slips
Iron ore: the benchmark added 0.17% to US$95.84 a tonne on Friday while Vale fell 1.83%, as record Chinese imports...
August 29, 2026
Lithium Wrap: Chile’s SQM Drops 2.24% as LIT Fund Falls
Lithium: the LIT fund fell 1.37% on Friday and Chile's SQM dropped 2.24%, while Albemarle rose 1.17% and Chinese carbonate...
August 29, 2026
Copper Falls Friday: Chile, Peru Exposed as CPER Slides
Copper: CPER fell 0.78% to US$39.67 on Friday and Southern Copper 3.00%, a pullback from August records that matter for...
August 29, 2026
Gold and Silver Fall as Dollar Rises, Hitting Mexico and Peru
Gold fell 3.1% to US$4,456 an ounce and silver 4.2% to US$66.21 on Friday after Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole...
August 29, 2026
Brazil’s Minas-Rio Rail Corridor Goes to Auction as ANTT Approves Tender Notice
Brazil Minas Rail: What happened: Brazil s land transport regulator ANTT approved the final tender notice for the Minas-Rio rail...
August 28, 2026
Brazil: Rio’s Santos Dumont Airport Closes After Business Jet Skids Off Runway
Brazil Santos Dumont: — What happened: A business jet skidded off the runway at Rio’s Santos Dumont airport while landing...
August 28, 2026
Strait of Hormuz Declared Open After US Mine-Clearing: What It Means for Latin America
Strait Hormuz Declared: — What happened: US Central Command said on 27 August it cleared all Iranian mines from the...
August 28, 2026
Brazil’s Ambipar Faces New Creditor Appeal to Suspend September 1 Debt Vote
Brazil ’ Ambipar: — What happened: Local creditors filed a new appeal to suspend Ambipar’s debt-plan meeting set for September...
August 28, 2026