South America

Barrick Gold mulls $1B expansion of Pueblo Viejo mine

President and CEO Mark Bristow said the company expected to complete a feasibility study for the project, which could extend the liefe of the mine into the 2030s, next year.

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Workers at Codelco’s Chuquicamata mine to vote on strike action

Unionized workers rejected on Saturday the miner’s final contract negotiation offer and announced that they will vote on a proposal to go on strike.

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Chile’s Codelco brushes off rumoured copper output drop

Media reports had said production at Chuquicamata would drop to around 182,000 tonnes by 2021 from 459,000 tonnes this year, addin that the fall would impact Codelco’s total production by around 4%.

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World’s No. 2 lithium miner SQM sees demand growing by 17% this year

The Chilean lithium producer expects demand to grow about 17% in 2019 to at least 315,000 tonnes, compared to the less than 260,000 tonnes it totalled last year.

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BHP more bullish on long-term EVs prospects

The world’s largest miner has revised up expectations for electric vehicle sales and market penetration, but warns the electrification of the transport sector will proceed only as fast as the development of charging infrastructure.

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Venezuelan NGO says illegal mining runs rampant in protected, Indigenous land

NGO Kapé-Kapé says that guerrilla groups and illegal miners have joined forces and are destroying protected areas in the southern Bolívar state.

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