A Crime Boss’s Death Reopens Venezuela’s Gold Mines
The death of a gang leader has let Venezuela's army move on the Orinoco gold belt, a step the state...
June 15, 2026Topic
Mining
Chile’s Stock Market Climbs Again as Copper Stays Firm
Chile's IPSA rose 1.70% to 10,923 on June 12, 2026, a second straight gain as firm copper and a softer...
June 15, 2026
Rwanda Launders Congo’s Conflict Coltan Into Global Tech, Probe Finds
Conflict coltan from DR Congo's Rubaya mines is laundered through Rwanda into global tech supply chains, Global Witness finds. M23...
June 12, 2026
Saudi Arabia Embarks on Major Mining Drive
Saudi Arabia is actively diversifying its economy beyond oil, focusing on mining. This shift aligns with the Kingdom's Vision 2030...
January 17, 2024
Bolivia will start industrial steel production in 2024, has one of the 10 largest iron reserves in the world
Bolivia will start industrial steel production in 2024, said this Tuesday the president of the Empresa Siderúrgica del Mutún (ESM),...
February 15, 2023
Chile’s Codelco reports 10% drop in copper production in 2022
Chile's National Copper Corporation (Codelco), among the world's leading copper producers, reported today, Tuesday, that it recorded
January 25, 2023
Argentina’s mining exports register highest level in 10 years in 2022
Argentina's mining exports totaled US$3.857 billion in 2022, the highest level since 2012, the Mining Secretariat attached to the Ministry...
January 23, 2023
Bolivia to build two direct lithium extraction plants to accelerate industrialization of the sector
Potosi department, in Bolivia's South. (Photo internet reproducti
October 4, 2022
Protests threaten 30% of copper production in Peru
Peru's National Society of Mines, Petroleum, and Energy (SNMPE) warned Friday that protests in the country are disrupting the transport
September 16, 2022