Tag: Patagonia

Sunday, June 5th 2011 - 12:20 UTC
South Chile volcano eruption prompts evacuation; covers Argentine province with ash

Southern Chile's Puyehue volcano erupted on Saturday for the first time in half a century prompting evacuation orders for 3,500 people and turning into dark the Argentine Patagonian resort of San Carlos de Bariloche, 100 kilometres to the east as it was covered with ash.
Tuesday, May 10th 2011 - 09:50 UTC
Chilean protestors clash with police as regulators approve five-dam project in Patagonia

Chile approved on Monday the construction of a hydroelectric project that would flood Patagonian valleys and become the country’s biggest power generator, sparking violent protests.
Saturday, April 16th 2011 - 02:00 UTC
Canadian company will develop gold mine project in Argentine Patagonia

Argentina's Planning Ministry said Thursday that Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc. (GG) will invest 850 million US dollars to put into production its Cerro Negro gold project in Santa Cruz Province.
Friday, December 17th 2010 - 18:41 UTC
New guide documents marine life amazing diversity in Chilean Patagonia

After more than 10 years of research, Chile’s San Ignacio de Huinay Foundation has published a guide chronicling the amazing diversity of marine life in Chile’s Patagonia, with photographs of 473 marine life species
Sunday, December 12th 2010 - 23:41 UTC
Picture evidence of four kilometres retraction (in 80 years) of glacier in Patagonia

The Argentine Patagonian glacier Ameghino has contracted almost four kilometres over the last eighty years because of global warming according to evidence from Greenpeace.
Monday, September 6th 2010 - 04:49 UTC
Canadian companies fighting to control rich gold and silver project in Patagonia

Rival Canadian gold mining companies Goldcorp and Eldorado have locked horns in a fight to buy up Andean Resources Ltd.
Tuesday, August 24th 2010 - 03:32 UTC
Chilean Patagonia controversial dam project faces serious PR challenge

Daniel Fernandez, the new top executive for the controversial 3.2 billion US dollars HidroAysen dam project proposed for Chilean Patagonia, confirmed Sunday that the effort to convince Chileans about the project’s importance has not gone well and that the company is consulting five PR firms to help improve their marketing effort.
Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 06:22 UTC
Crucial natural gas pipeline opens in Patagonia to help energy short Argentina

Argentina will inaugurate Wednesday a key new pipeline bringing natural gas from Tierra del Fuego Province to the neighboring province of Santa Cruz. The Strait of Magellan pipeline will initially transfer 5 million cubic meters a day of gas from Cabo Espiritu Santo in Tierra del Fuego Province to Cabo Virgenes in Santa Cruz.