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The the reuters.com, April 27th "Costa Rica gold mine stalled by environmental claims" http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2614311620100426?type=marketsNews In 2008 environmental groups in Costa...
A zinc/lead mine that was first excavated 1956 is slowly devouring the historic town of Cerro de Pasco in the Peruvian Andes. In the meantime, the area's 70,000 or so residents are suffering in lar...
May 5: The Brazilian Minister of Energy will sign into action the resumption of mining activity within the Serra Pelada mine in Curionópolis. The mine was deactivated in 1992 after a gold rush...
Two Chilean energy companies, Codelco and BHP, are combining forces in order to research renewable and alternative energies. They are outsourcing this project to the government agency Corfo and San...
Tico Times, April 12 http://www.ticotimes.net/daily.htm#story3 "Costa Rican Environmental group attacks Arias' record" Current Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has recently been criticized by FE...
Five people were killed and twenty-nine hurt today in a standoff between 1,200 police and about 3,800 miners who had blockaded a busy section of the Pan-American Highway in protest of new regulatio...
Up to twelve Peruvian mining companies are under investigation for buying gold from wildcat miners to avoid paying taxes. At least four of the companies - Titan, Dynacor, Laytaruma, and Colibri - w...
China's deputy trade minister has announced that Chinese companies have invested $1.4 billion in Peru so far - more than any other country in Latin America. "Peru has become the principal destina...
A South African mining company and its Peruvian joint-venture partner have announced the discovery of a major gold deposit in the volcanically active Moquega region. The new deposit is estimated t...
According to data released by the Ministry of Energy and Mines yesterday, Peru's electricity production rose 8.5 percent between April 2009 and last month. Hydroelectric stations are the main sourc...
