Latin America mining news highlights the region’s global role in critical mineral supply, from Chile’s lithium triangle to Peru’s copper powerhouse. This section reports on political shifts, nationalizations, environmental debates, foreign investments, and Indigenous rights movements shaping the mining sector. Coverage spans across Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and beyond—crucial for stakeholders tracking global commodity pipelines. Stay informed with insights on legal reforms, tax policies, and international partnerships fueling growth or resistance in this resource-rich region. Related categories: Copper, Lithium, and Mining Policy.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has temporarily suspended the installation licence for Belo Sun Mining’s Volta Grande gold project in Pará state. The project now sits in a holding pattern until…
Argentina's ambassador to India, Mariano Caucino, has again pitched Buenos Aires as a lithium supplier New Delhi can lean on without geopolitical strings attached — the…
Brazil's Senate has approved a new Brazil critical minerals law — the National Policy for Critical and Strategic Minerals — now awaiting President Luiz Inácio Lula…
Venezuela mineral resources include gold, iron ore, lithium, and rare earths—but sanctions, instability, and weak institutions keep them locked out of global markets.
SANTIAGO — Chile copper output 2025 took another hit in October, with national production falling 7% year-on-year to 458,405 metric tons, according to fresh data from…
A Discovery Arrives at the Right Global Moment A remote sector of the Andes, on the frontier between Argentina and Chile, has become the focus of…
Life on Cracked Earth Raquel Celina Rodríguez walks carefully across the Vega de Tilopozo in Chile’s Atacama salt flats — ground zero of the Atacama lithium…
TIERRA AMARILLA, Chile — Three years after a vast sinkhole tore open above the Alcaparrosa underground copper mine, Chilean regulators have turned a slow-moving environmental disaster…
September 29, 2025 – San Juan, Argentina — Argentina has formally approved Canadian miner McEwen Copper’s $2.7 billion Los Azules project, granting it eligibility under the…
Vale reopens Capanema mine with dry processing, investing $12B in Minas Gerais to cut tailings dams and boost sustainable iron ore output.
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