A South African Tailings Dam Collapsed. It Was Not on the Register
A South Africa tailings dam collapse at a Samancor chrome complex was reasonably foreseeable, the regulator found, and the dam...
September 1, 2026Section
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A Platinum Approach in South Africa Could Lead the World
A South African platinum merger is in play after an approach to Northam, whose operating profit rose 293% and whose...
September 1, 2026
Colombia Mining Sees US$4.7 Billion in New Mines as Oil Firms Line Up for Shale
Colombia mining could attract US$4.7 billion in new mines over four years, the ACM says, as oil firms prepare shale...
September 1, 2026
Latin America Steel Falls: SLX, Gerdau, CSN, Ternium Drop
Latin America steel: Gerdau fell 2.34%, CSN 3.77% and Ternium 1.77% on Friday as a hawkish Fed lifted the dollar;...
August 29, 2026
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, 2026
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