South America - Page 2

Firestone selects AmmLeach process for Guatemala project
Friday, November 18, 2011 Firestone Ventures has selected Alexander Mining's AmmLeach processing method for its Torlon Hill project in...

JSPL to develop Bolivian Iron ore mines
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) plans to invest $600m in the development of the El Mutun iron ore mines in Bolivia over the next six...

Mitsubishi acquires stake in AAS for $5.39bn
Monday, November 14, 2011 Mitsubishi has completed the acquisition of Anglo American's 24.5% interest in Anglo American Sur (AAS) for...

Vanadio secures loan facility for Brazilian project
Friday, November 11, 2011 Largo Resources' subsidiary Vanadio de Maracas has received a loan facility of $150m for the development of its Maracas vanadium project in...

Outotec to provide process solution to Chilean project
Thursday, November 10, 2011 Quadra FNX Mining has awarded a €26m contract to Outotec for the design and delivery of a process solution for the new copper-molybdenum concentrator at the Gorda project in Sierra Gorda,...

Codelco to acquire stake in Anglo American Sur for $9.76bn
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco)'s board has agreed to exercise its right to acquire up to 49% of Anglo American Sur in January 2012 for about...

Foster Wheeler and GE Energy to provide mining solutions to South America
Monday, October 31, 2011 Foster Wheeler Chile and GE Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide mining solutions to the South American mining...

Largo Resources receives installation licence for Brazilian project
Thursday, October 27, 2011 Largo Resources' subsidiary Vanadio de Maracas has received a final installation licence to begin construction at the Maracas project in...

Royal Boskalis secures bauxite mining contract in Suriname
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster has received a €125m contract from Suralco for bauxite mining in Lelydorp near Paramaribo in the Republic of...

Codelco to invest $875m for Chuquicamata mine in Chile
Monday, October 24, 2011 Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) will invest $875m in initial works to transform Chuquicamata open-pit mine into an underground...

Mansfield Minerals receives environmental permit for Argentinian mine
Friday, October 21, 2011 Mansfield Minerals has received an environmental permit from the Salta Provincial Government for the development of the Lindero open pit, heap leach gold mine in Salta Province,...

CiDRA bags contract for Anglo America's Chilean mine
Thursday, October 20, 2011 Anglo American has awarded CiDRA Minerals Processing a contract to supply SONARtrac process monitoring systems to its Los Bronces development project in...

Codelco to receive $6.75bn in debt finance from Mitsui
Monday, October 17, 2011 Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) has entered into an agreement with Mitsui & Company to receive debt finance of up to $6.75bn, which will be utilised for the acquisition of up...

Dia Brass starts mill operations at Mexican property
Monday, October 10, 2011 Dia Bras Exploration has started operations at its new Piedras Verdes mill at the Bolivar Property in Chihuahua,...

Carpathian Gold receives loan to develop Brazilian project
Friday, October 07, 2011 Carpathian Gold has received a project loan facility of $75m from the Macquarie Bank for the construction and development of Riacho dos Machados gold project in...

Santa Barbara Resources receives drilling permit for Peruvian project
Thursday, October 06, 2011 Santa Barbara Resources has received a drilling permit for its Sancos project in the Ayacucho Region of...

South Africa's Anglogold Ashanti to increase gold production in Brazil
Friday, September 30, 2011 South Africa-based Anglogold Ashanti will increase its gold production in Brazil by investing $250m a year until...

Goldgroup commences tunnel operations at Mexico project
Monday, September 26, 2011 Goldgroup Mining has started blasting and tunnel construction operations at the La Paila mineralised zone at the Caballo Blanco project in Veracruz,...

First Majestic completes first stage of Mexican mine expansion
Thursday, September 22, 2011 First Majestic Silver has completed the first stage of expansion at the processing plant near the La Parrilla silver mine in...

Carpathian Gold receives approval for construction of Brazilian gold mine
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Carpathian Gold has received approval from the Brazilian Government for the construction of its Riacho dos Machados (RDM) gold project in the state of Minas Gerais. The project is expected...