Renewable Energy and Mining in Latin America

Latin America's mining sector could play a consequential role in addressing the climate crisis, producing minerals such as lithium and copper that are essential to renewable energy technologies such as …

IoT in Latin American mining – a solution to worker safety?

In the Mexican state of Coahuila, which mines 99% of Mexico's coal, ... Vale has been involved in the mass IoT network rollout across Latin American mines by telecommunications giants Nokia and Telefónica, implementing IoT technology at the Carajás mine in northern Brazil.

Latin America could become this century's commodity …

Latin America needs far better roads and ports, but its infrastructure is not as bad as in many mining regions in Africa and parts of Asia. Mining and processing minerals are energy-intensive.

Canadian mining and ill health in Latin America: a call to …

Nowhere is this global health issue more pressing than in the Canada-Latin America mining nexus: 50–70% of Latin American mining activity involves Canadian companies, with significant health injustice consequences ... the activities of Canada's Pacific Coal Resources Ltd. contributed to water scarcity and respiratory disease, ...

Latin America Energy Portal

Power Plants • Pipelines • LNG Terminals • Extraction Areas • Coal Mines • Wind Farms • Solar Farms. ... The Latin America Energy Portal provides a region-wide perspective on …

World Mining Data 2022

4 World Mining Data 2022 Total production 2020 by continents Africa Oceania North America Europe Asia Latin America 59.8% 5.2% 6.8% 5.5% 15.4% 7.3% Total mining production 1984 – 2020 Mineral Fuels Iron, Ferro-Alloys Non-Ferrous Metals Industrial Minerals Million metr. tons 3 000 6 000 9 000 12 000 15 000 18 000 Precious Metals

South America

South America - Oil, Gas, Coal: Large quantities of oil and natural gas are found in several areas within South America. The greatest quantities are located in the sedimentary layers surrounding Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo and the adjacent Caribbean coastal margin. Venezuela also has major deposits of oil and natural gas in the area …

Coal mining in Latin America

The mining industry's corporate data transparency varies across coal operations in Latin America. Global Energy Monitor's …

Colombia and coal

Expansion of Cerrejon thermal coal mine. In August 2011, three of the U.K.'s largest listed miners - Xstrata Coal, BHP Billiton, and Anglo American - in the Colombian Cerrejon coal mine approved a $1.3 billion project to expand the coal mine's output by 25%. Each own a 33.3% stake in the mine and will invest $437 million each.

Who's backing Glencore's toxic mining? (You, perhaps?)

Cerrejón in Colombia is the biggest open-pit coal mine in Latin America. Photo taken on 3 March 2017. GEORG ISMAR/DPA/ALAMY LIVE NEWS . Share. Analysis Mining Latin America Glencore indigenous banks ... Glencore's licence to mine coal at Cerrejón expires in 2034 – although UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the …

Human health risk assessment of PM

Air pollution in opencast coal mine areas is a critical issue, resulting in harmful severe effects on human health. Therefore, it is essential to understand the air pollution factors and to assess the risks to humans. ... Human health risk assessment of PM 10-bound heavy metals and PAHs around the Latin America's Largest opencast coal …

Latin America poised to become uranium superpower

Uranium exploration and production is on a fast track in Latin American, as investors begin to realize that a few small-cap companies are controlling deposits that could be worth billions of dollars.

Where we operate | Anglo American Company Overview | Anglo American

Using our map, discover where Anglo American global projects, operations, offices and headquarters are located.

Coal Deposits of Latin America

Coal is found, used and exploited in all countries of Latin America, minus a few islands in the Caribbean.The ages of coal deposits range greatly from 323 million years ago in the Pennysilvanian Carboniferous, through the Permian, Cretaceous, Paleogene to the Miocene around 5 million years ago.

Latin America's opportunity in critical minerals for the clean …

Latin America is a major producer of critical minerals for clean energy transitions, with considerable potential to expand its role. Latin America is an …

Brazil and coal

Coal Consumption. Brazil is the 10th largest energy consumer in the world and the largest in South America. At the same time, it is an important oil and natural gas …

Latin America's role in coal extraction and use

Much of Colombia's coal extraction occurs in El Cerrejón, the largest open-pit coal mine in Latin America. Its operation and growth over the last 40 years has destroyed rivers, …

Latin America's share in the production and reserves of …

Latin America's share in the production and reserves of selected minerals, 2021 - Chart and data by the International Energy Agency.

Coal mining practices reduce the microbial biomass, …

1. Introduction. Candiota, located in south Brazil, is the biggest coal mine in Latin America. The coal extracted from Candiota, an opencast mine, is situated within two adjacent layers that are 200 centimeters thick each constituting a rate of 4 cubed meters of coal "in situ" by square meter of land mine, a rare occurrence among the coals.

Background Reference: Colombia

Colombia is South America's largest coal producer and an important regional supplier of crude oil; however, persistent attacks on domestic crude oil pipelines since the 1980s have restrained production levels. ... (CZN) project, the largest coal mine in Latin America and one of the largest open–pit coal mines in the world.[30] CZN is an ...

Potosí Mines | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American …

A History of Mining in Latin America from the Colonial Era to the Present. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2012. Buechler, Rose Marie. The Mining Society of Potosí, 1776–1810. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1981. Cobb, Gwendolin B. "Potosí and Huancavelica: Economic Bases of Peru, 1545–1640." PhD diss., University ...

Colombian Coal Mining at the Crossroads

Colombia dominates the Latin American coal market, comprising roughly 80% to 90% of the coal produced in the region and ranking 12th globally in ... tion, including Latin America's largest operating mines: Pribbenow and El Descanso, both owned by US-based Drummond; and Cerrejón, owned by the

Human health risk assessment of PM10-bound heavy metals …

The largest coal mine in Latin America is located in the northern Colombia (Fig. 1). The coal mine extends over an area of 690 km 2 in the municipalities of Albania (11°9.6′N, 72°35.4′W), Barrancas (10°57.5′N, 72°47.3′W), and Hatonuevo (11°4.0′ N, 72°45.7′W) in La Guajira State. The opencast coal mine is between the Perijá ...

Biggest Coal Mine in Latin America Accused of Human …

"Our communities have been suffering due to all of the contamination for having the biggest coal mine in Latin America as our neighbor," Rojas told Latino Rebels. Between 2010-2018, 4,770 Wayuu children died in la Guajira due to malnutrition, and despite court orders to improve the situation, children are still starving.

Cerrejon Open-pit Coal Mine, La Guajira, Colombia

The Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia is the biggest open-cast coal mine in Latin America and one of the largest surface coal mining operations in the world. It is a high-quality thermal coal mining operation jointly owned by Anglo American, BHP, and Glencore each holding one-third of the shares.

South America Snapshot: Eight companies exploring and developing new mines

The company says the project is on track to become a low-risk open pit mine with a rapid payback. There are up to 6.7 million lb. copper, 7 million oz. gold and 31 million oz. silver waiting in ...

Global mining footprint mapped from high-resolution …

In terms of the polygons by commodity, coal mining is the most prominent (n = 304, 7282.0 km 2), followed by gold (n ... particularly in Africa and Latin America (see ref. 50). A challenge of ...

Critical Mineral Geopolitics: Latin America's untapped …

In fact, seven of the world's ten most prolific copper mines are found in Latin America, with mines in Peru, Mexico and Panama joining Chile's quartet. Together, Chile, Peru and Mexico control 36.4% of the world's copper reserves – and account for 40.8% of the highly-conductive metal's global production.

Canadian Mining in Latin America: Exploitation, …

By Malavika Krishnan Public appearances are oftentimes diametrically opposed to private endeavors. Since the 1990s, Canadian mining investments have expanded worldwide. This consistent trend holds true in Latin America, where large-scale Canadian companies control approximately

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