The CSIS Americas Program evaluates the mining landscape in Latin America and the critical role this sector will play in meeting growing demand for minerals in energy transformations. ... The World Bank projects the need for a 500 percent increase in graphite, cobalt, and lithium production by 2050.
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With its huge iron-ore mines, Brazil dominates the region's mining, whilst Chile, because of its important copper mines, was the second most significant producer of mined metals in Latin America ...
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Still, Latin America's mining success stems from more than a couple of metals. In terms of bauxite production, Brazil is the one that stands out in the global market, ranking amongst the top five.
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The company's gold production in Latin America in the third quarter was 428,000 oz. Newmont Corp. is the only gold producer listed on the S&P 500 index and is widely known for its environmental ...
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Mining: Latin America overview. Latin America continues to be an important jurisdiction for mining investment. In spite of the downturn and difficulties faced by the industry and the countries ...
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The accumulated gold of centuries was looted during the two decades, 1520–40, which saw the Spanish military conquest of Middle and South America. Thereafter, though gold was mined in varying and often substantial amounts, silver predominated in both volume and value produced. The search for sources of both metals carried the Spaniards far ...
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Lithium mining in Latin America has been called the "new quest for El Dorado" (Lopez-Calva 2022, 1).Lithium—sometimes called white gold—is at the center of a fast moving energy revolution that could dramatically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, being used both to power electric devices and vehicles, and to store energy from …
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A History of Mining in Latin America is the result of two decades of research by Kendall Brown of Brigham Young University, who, in eight chapters, compresses approximately 450 years of the history of the exploitation of mineral resources, labor, and technology in Latin America. The nearly three centuries of Spanish and Portuguese …
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production, we only have visibility of 2.7 million metric tons of lithium supply in 2030; we expect the remainder of the demand to be filled by newly announced greenfield and brownfield expansions. Currently, almost all lithium mining occurs in Australia, Latin America, and China (accounting for a combined 98 percent of production in 2020). An
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Latin America: leading countries in gold production 2022 Leading mine producers in Latin America 2021, by selected metal or mineral Anglo American Platinum's production of platinum 2012-2022
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Since the end of the 20th century, resource extraction in Latin America has generated conflicts throughout the region (e.g., Urkidi and Walter, 2011;Bebbington and Bury, 2013;Arsel, Hogenboom ...
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global mining production in that year originated from Latin America (com-pared with, for example, 5.6% from Africa; although, placing that in context, 57.9% of global production …
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Miami, October 24—Americas Market Intelligence (AMI) has published its 2024 Forecast for Latin America. AMI's team — consisting of experts in the region's market dynamics and also in specific sectors, such as payments/financial services, logistics/transportation, energy, consumer goods and services, industrial products, …
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Chile´s mining project portfolio for the 2022-2031 period totals US$ 73 B in 53 initiatives. Seven major Chilean copper projects are expected to start operations in 2023, involving total investment of just over US$ 11 B and production of nearly 700,000t/y. Teck's Quebrada Blanca Phase II (QB2) is the project with the largest investment for ...
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The extraction of minerals from the subsoil has a long and troubled history in Latin America. Particularly since the colonization of Abya Yala, mining activity has shaped the political, economic, environmental, social, and cultural dimensions of life in many of its biomes. Given this prominence, it is rather surprising that mining only emerged ...
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Abstract. For twenty-five years, Kendall Brown studied Potosí, Spanish America's greatest silver producer and perhaps the world's most famous mining district. He read about the flood of silver ...
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Based on output volume, Fresnillo plc, headquartered in Mexico City, was the leading silver mining company in Latin America in 2022. That year, the company's silver production amounted to 51.1 ...
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The stakes were high: Pueblo Viejo, with 25.3 million ounces of gold reserves is the world's second largest mine by reserves. Barrick and Goldcorp, another Canadian mining behemoth that owns 40% ...
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Latin America accounts for 40% of global production of copper, led by Chile (27%), Peru (10%) and Mexico (3%). The region's share of global reserves is largely …
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Even today, Latin America plays a vital role in the production of gold and silver. Latin America produces around 50% of the world's silver and 20% of the world's gold. The modern day search for gold cannot be ignored, especially since the region has been a major beneficiary of the 2000s gold bull.
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Garner 1988 is a superb analysis of the long-term trends and production cycles for colonial silver output. Bakewell, Peter. "Mining in Colonial Spanish America." In The Cambridge History of Latin America. Vol. 2, Colonial Latin America. Edited by Leslie Bethell, 105–152. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984.
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Since the 1990s, Canadian mining investments have expanded worldwide. This consistent trend holds true in Latin America, where large-scale Canadian companies control approximately 50 to 70 percent of the region's mining industries [1]. In 2013, 29 percent of all global mining investment was undertaken in Latin America due to the …
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The mining and commodity boom allowed Latin America to have the best economic performance in decades, helping to increase public expenditures, reduce poverty and expand the middle class. Moreover, the sound management of the windfall in most countries implied that the financial crisis of 2008 did not significantly affect the region, a grand ...
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Latin America poised to become uranium superpower. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2012 | 12:05 pm Energy Europe Latin America Uranium. Uranium exploration and production is on a fast track in ...
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After decades of moderate activity, most countries in Latin America have experienced a dramatic increase in mining operations due to attractive metals prices and the need to generate more government revenue. In just the last decade, the value of mining in Latin America tripled from US$90.1 billion in 2001 to US$305.8 billion in 2011.
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Latin America is particularly crucial to meeting global demand for critical minerals, given both existing levels of production and its global share of reserves of copper, lithium, and nickel. Chile, Peru, and Mexico hold an estimated 40% of global copper reserves, with additional reserves found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador.
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However, dramatically increasing production in Latin America faces serious challenges. ... "Also, the political turmoil or the social unrest [is] hurting the long-term investments in mining." Since 2019, Latin …
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Chinese investments in Latin American lithium have grown significantly in recent years. In January 2022, Chinese company Zijin Mining bought Canadian company Neo Lithium for $690 million —and thus acquired the Tres Quebradas lithium project in Argentina. Zijin will also build a $380 million lithium carbonate plant in Argentina.
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Premium Statistic Gold production ranked by major countries 2023 ... Premium Statistic Latin America: largest mining companies 2020, ...
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In this new report, "Latin America's Lithium: ... looks at how U.S.-China competition is reflected in the scramble for lithium in South America, how opposition to lithium mining in local communities could curtail production, and how to improve regulations regarding water use to ensure a sustainable lithium industry in the region. ...
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