Latin America

Portofino is pleased to announce that it has executed a binding agreement with a private Argentine concession owner to acquire a 100% interest in the Yergo and Yergo 2 lithium brine salar projects in Catamarca, Argentina which comprise over...

GOLDCORP INC is pleased to announce that Joi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab and professor of the Practice of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, will deliver the keynote address at the #DisruptMining finale on March 4,...

New Jersey Mining Company provided an update on operations, development, and rehabilitation at its 100-percent owned Golden Chest Mine project in north Idaho. Recent highlights from the Golden Chest include: Through mid-December, approximately 6,000 tonnes of ore from the...

Vale informs that it obtained on September 14th the Operating License (LO) to the S11D project rail spur, issued by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (Ibama).  The license, valid for 10 years, was issued after the...

The S11D Carajás Iron Project has begun the functional test phase for machinery in the Buffer Stockyard, the location where stock is held provisionally under ideal conditions to supply the plant. A twin boom stacker, with a reach in...

BHP Billiton announced that Samarco Mineração S.A (Samarco), Vale and BHP Billiton Brasil LTDA (BHP Billiton Brasil) had entered into an agreement (Agreement) with the Federal Attorney General of Brazil, the States of Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais and...

Crater Gold Mining’s upgraded gold mining plant has been transported to the HGZ Gold Mine project site in Papua New Guinea's Eastern Highlands Province with commissioning to commence immediately. The upgraded gold mining plant includes two new hammer...