Tag: mining

• Friday, December 17th 2021 - 19:56 UTC

  Chubut's capital virtually on fire after demonstrations against mining law

  

  Demonstrators in the Argentine province of Chubut set the Government House and other public buildings in the capital city of Rawson on fire to express their opposition to a mega-mining bill passed by the local legislature.

• Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Gold booms in Argentine province of Salta

  

  Despite economic shortages stemming from sanitary restrictions in force during most of 2020 and 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, gold has managed to become the second most exported product in the Argentine province of Salta, a study showed.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Mining company pledges to invest US $ 34 million in lithium plant in northern Argentina

  

  A local subsidiary of China's Ganfeng Lithium has purchased a 23-hectare property in the General Güemes Industrial Park in the northwestern Argentine province of Salta, it was announced.

• Friday, February 5th 2021 - 08:57 UTC

  Mining giant Vale signs US$ 7bn settlement deal over Brumadinho disaster that killed more than 270 people

  

  Brazilian mining giant Vale signed a settlement deal on Thursday to pay 37.7 billion reais (US$ 7 billion) to the state of Minas Gerais, following the collapse of a dam two years ago that devastated the city of Brumadinho and killed more than 270 people.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina's mining output fell 70% in 2020 compared to the previous year

  

  The Argentine Chamber of Mining Entrepreneurs (CAEM) reported that the country’s mining output fell by 70% y-o-y in 2020 due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. CAEM also said that small and medium-sized mining operations, which tend to be family-owned, saw a 40-50% fall in production.

• Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Producer inflation in Brazil rose 3,4% in October and 19,1% in twelve months

  

  Producer price inflation in Brazil jumped to its highest on record in October, figures showed on Thursday, led by another month of rising food prices, which will likely stir the debate further on the wider outlook for inflation and interest rates.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Chile's economy activity drops 5,3% in September year on year, but grows 5,1% from August

  

  Chile’s economic activity sank 5.3% in September year-on-year but grew 5.1% from the previous month, the central bank said on Monday, as the world’s no. 1 copper producer emerged from the worst period of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Ecuador promotes mining but with stricter regulation for waste dams

  

  Ecuador unveiled new, tighter regulations for the design and construction of mining waste dams, seeking to avoid disasters like the tailings dam collapse that killed hundreds at a Vale site in Brazil last year.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 11:52 UTC

  Workers at the largest open cast iron ore mine in the world threatened by Covid-19 outbreak

  

  The Brazilian municipality of Parauapebas, in the state of Pará, which houses part of the Serra dos Carajás, where the largest open-cast iron ore mine in the world is located, will carry out mass testing for Covid-19, reaching about half the population.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Peruvian mining sector activity expected to fall by 15% this year

  

  Production in Peru’s mining sector will fall by at least 15% this year, representing a loss in revenues of up to US$ 5 billion, due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a top mining executive said on Wednesday.