Blockade halts Southern Copper’s Cuajone mine in Peru
Operations at Southern Copper’s Cuajone mine in Peru have been suspended for 15 days as locals continue to block the company’s access to a water reservoir and other key supplies,…
Grupo Mexico
Peru minister says US$1.4B Tia Maria mine a “no go”
Peru’s economy and finance minister has cast further doubt about Southern Copper’s (NYSE: SCCO) long-delayed US$1.4 billion Tia Maria project by saying he believed the proposed mine in the southern Islay…
Endeavour Silver completes feasibility on Terronera in Mexico
Endeavour Silver’s (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) 100%-owned Terronera project in Mexico’s Jalisco state would produce 3.3 million oz. payable silver and 32,874 oz. gold annually over a 12-year underground mine…
Mexican gov’t scraps key mining post in austerity drive
Mining companies operating in Mexico are showing concern, after the country’s government scrapped the mining sub-secretary post, one of the Ministry of Economy units, as part of a broader austerity…