South American mining news

Bent Flyvbjerg, Oxford University’s most widely cited authority in his field, joins the industry at a pivotal moment, as we confront the urgent challenge of how to rapidly and responsibly deliver the minerals needed to electrify the planet.

Vale, Caterpillar, and Sotreq have signed an agreement to expand the fleet of autonomous haul trucks in iron ore operations in the Northern System, in the Carajás region, in Pará.

Codelco and Glencore Chile SPA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of advancing the development of a new copper smelting plant, which would be built in the Antofagasta Region, at a location in the provinces of Antofagasta or Tocopilla.

Jonathan Ford, Director of National Geoscience at the British Geological Survey (BGS), and Karen Hanghøj, BGS Executive Director and member of the Organising Committee of the World Mining Congress (WMC) 2026, discuss the importance of geological data in unlocking the geological potential of the South American region as a key source of critical minerals for the global energy transition and international supply security.

Companhia Brasileira de Lítio (CBL), a pioneer in underground mining of lithium bearing pegmatite, has addressed a persistent dilution challenge using STEINERT’s sensor-based sorting technology.

The Programme Committee of the World Mining Congress (WMC) 2026 has announced its international call for short course proposals.

The World Mining Congress 2026 (WMC 2026) successfully closed its call for technical abstract submissions, receiving 660 proposals from 38 countries across five continents.

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply the equipment for a power plant needed to operate a new gold mine in Guyana.

I-Pulse Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Robert Friedland and Laurent Frescaline, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, welcome Codelco as the company’s latest strategic investor and key partner in the development and commercialisation of its disruptive pulsed power technologies.

Only seven days remain before the closing of the call for technical abstracts for the World Mining Congress (WMC) 2026, the world’s premier mining event, to be held in Lima, Peru, from June 24 to 26, 2026, under the theme “Mining for the Future: Trust, Technology & Transformation.”