· The older mining regions (Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia) had more difficulty adapting to independence, in part because they remained too tied to their colonial mining laws and policies but lacked the resources to subsidize the industry as Spain had done. Besides gold and silver, other minerals became important. In the early 1900s, for example, Bolivia became one of the .
· The region is now unique in the high percentage of gold that is mined illegally; about 28% of gold mined in Peru, 30% of gold mined in Bolivia, 77% of gold mined in Ecuador, 80% of gold mined in Colombia and 8090% of Venezuelan gold is produced illegally. Illegal gold mining employs hundreds of thousands of workers across Latin America, many ...
· The search for gold and silver spurred Atlantic exploration, and from the 15th to 19th centuries, mines in West Africa and what became Latin America supplied much of the world's bullion supply. Early modern Atlanticbasin mining encompassed other, more prosaic minerals, including iron, copper, mercury, salt, and even petroleum tar, but ...
· In Bolivia's Amazon tensions are rising over a boom in wild gold mining that is driving a surge in imports of mercury used to extract the precious metal and is sparking conflict between small ...
· This article examines the long history of Potosí, Bolivia, home of the world's most productive silver mines. The mines, discovered in 1545 and still active today, are discussed in terms of their geology, discovery, productivity, labor history, and technological development. The article also treats the social and environmental consequences of nearly five hundred years of .
One of the largest gold miners in the United States, Battle Mountain Gold Company mines and processes gold, silver, and copper ore at seven mines on three continents. Formerly a unit of The Pennzoil Company, Battle Mountain was spun off from Pennzoil in 1985, emerging on its own with its mainstay Fortitude mine in Battle Mountain, Nevada. To increase its reserves and .
· During colonial times, Peru (including what would also become modern Bolivia) and Mexico were the main Spanish American mining centers, which yielded far more silver than gold. They used some slaves but primarily Indian labor to work the mines. New Granada, especially what became Colombia, was rich in gold rather than silver.
The Porvenir polymetallic SnZnAg (TinZincSilver) project is loed in the west central region of Bolivia, 65km southeast of the city of Oruro, in the Oruro department (Figure 1). The sqkm property encompasses historical near surface open pit and underground workings, which exploited the deposit on a limited scale.
In 1996 the company merged with Hemlo Gold Mines, Inc., a ... but once Kori Kollo began producing the company looked to Bolivia for its most important supply of gold. During its first year the Kori Kollo mine produced in excess of 300,000 ounces of gold, a benchmark it would eclipse during its first three years of production. Mid1990s. With the production facilities at .
· Whitehorse Gold is a mineral exploration and development company focusing on tin projects in Bolivia and a gold development project in the Yukon. The company owns 51% of the Porvenir tin project ...
· CERRO RICO — Next to one of Bolivia's poorest cities lies one of the richest silver mines in the history of mankind – Cerro Rico, Spanish for 'Rich Mountain – a oncelegendary source of wealth for the Spanish Empire that is now being dug out by artisanal miners.
· In Bolivia, mining represents about 40 per cent of the country's foreign currency income coming from mineral exports. More than 30 per cent of the mining exports and 85 per cent of the total employment generated by the sector come from mining cooperatives and other smallscale mines, which are sustained by the participation of all family members, including .
The Chileans entered the country at the coast for the salitre and the guano (Nitraterich dung). The result of this brutal war was the loss of Bolivia's coast land to Chile. 1898 La Paz becomes de facto Bolivia's new administrative capital and the seat of the government, thus starting the process of development into the large city it is today.
· BENI RIVER, Bolivia, June 10 (Reuters) – In Bolivia's Amazon tensions are rising over a boom in wild gold mining that is driving a surge in imports of mercury used to extract the precious metal and is sparking conflict between smallscale prospectors and .
· Next to one of Bolivia's poorest cities lies one of the richest silver mines in the history of mankind – Cerro Rico, Spanish for 'Rich Mountain – a oncelegendary source of wealth for the ...
have continued to drive the expansion of illegal gold mining. The region is now unique in the high percentage of gold that is mined illegally; about 28% of gold mined in Peru, 30% of gold mined in Bolivia, 77% of gold mined in Ecuador, 80% of gold mined in Colombia and 8090% of Venezuelan gold is produced illegally. Hundreds of
· Deep inside the dark corners of Bolivia's deadliest mine, an average of 14 lives are claimed each month. The deaths could be attributed to either the effects of continuously breathing toxic dust and fumes or unsafe working conditions underground, but to the locals it is the work of the devillike deity known as El Tío.
· Whitehorse Gold Corp. announces that its whollyowned subsidiary, Stannum Metals Corp., has signed agreements to acquire a interest in a private Bolivian incorporated mining company from its ...