Canadian junior Kuya Silver has received regional regulatory authorization for its planned 350-tonne-per-day processing plant along with tailings management facilities and associated infrastructure near its Bethania mining complex in Peru. The green-light for the company’s subsidiary Minera Toro de Plata S.A.C. came from Dirección Regional de Energía y Minas del Gobierno Regional de Huancavelica. It also has given Kuya title…
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Thyssenkrupp, which has been on a push to expand its South American footprint, has chosen Peru as the location of its newest service center.
Read MoreBacTech Environmental Corp. has hired David Tingey as chief operating officer. He will oversee operations development and management across the company, setting and driving strategic recommendations that support immediate shareholder interests in its Ponce Enriquez, Ecuador bioleaching project and its evolving South American growth strategy. The strategic addition of Tingey comes on the heels of the company announcing robust and…
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A deluge of heavy rainfall in southeastern Brazil is having an impact on the iron ore industry in the region, with Vale being one of the miners to idle operational processes – and keep a keen eye on its dams. The producer said 10 January that it has partially halted trains on the Estrada de Ferro Vitória a Minas railway…
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Just weeks after receiving approvals for iron recovery and dry stack technology additions at its El Peñón processing facility near La Serena, Chile, Altiplano Metals has received the plant’s magnetic separator and dewatering equipment. The Canadian-based miner said late last week that civil works at the facility, which supports the Farellon iron-oxide-copper-gold mine, have started as four concrete platforms are…
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A load and haul automation system is headed to Codelco’s El Teniente copper mine in Chile’s Andes Mountains thanks to a new order, with selected supplier Sandvik also inking a connected load and haul equipment deal to bolster the fleet. The system order is valued at SEK 250 million (about US$27.4 million), and the hardware deal has an initial value…
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Rio Tinto announced it has paid $825 million to acquire the Rincon lithium project in Argentina from Sentient Equity Partners’ company Rincon Mining.
Read MoreNexa Resources said that production at its Cerro Lindo mine in Peru is temporarily suspended due to the mine’s access road being illegally blocked by a small group of protestors. The miner said that there has been no material impact on Cerro Lindo’s production to date and it does not expect a change to the 2021 production guidance. Activities at…
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As part of a plan to fast-track the movement of its project, UK-based producer Horizonte Minerals said its Araguaia Niquel Metais (ANM) arm is acquiring both new and used ferronickel processing equipment for its Araguaia project in Brazil. The deal with seller Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA), part of investment group Votorantim SA, was made for US$600,000 cash up front,…
Read MoreCanadian-based Mandalay Resources has completed the sale of its Cerro Bayo gold mine in southern Chile to Equus Mining. The deal was first confirmed in October, and includes mining properties, resources and mine infrastructure as well as a 1,500-tonne-per-day processing plant at the Region XI site. Mandalay received 587,502,438 ordinary shares in the capital of Equus under the deal’s terms,…
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