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In 2022, mining exports totaled $17.6 billion, generating a trade surplus of $12.8 billion. It directly employs over 370,000 workers and supports millions more in related industries such as ...
Mexico is pursuing a criminal complaint against the country's biggest copper producer seeking to force a new remediation effort for a toxic mine spill in the northern state of Sonora nine years ...
The Mexican Mining Chamber (Camimex) opposes the ban on open-pit mining, saying such a prohibition would cause a 1% contraction in the country's GDP and threaten some 200,000 jobs.
Cananea Copper Mine, Sonora, Mexico. Mining in Mexico represented 2.4% of the nation's gross domestic product in 2023 and employed 350,000 people in 2020. Mexico is the world's largest producer of silver and a globally significant producer of gold, copper and zinc. In 2020, Mexico produced the world's 12th largest volume of minerals by value.
The Buenavista mine, historically known as the Cananea copper mine, is a large open pit copper mine located in the north-west of Mexico in Cananea, Sonora. It lies 35 km (22 mi) south of the international border near Nogales, Arizona. Buenavista mine represents one of the largest copper reserves in Mexico and in the world.
The deposit that the mine is on has been used to mine gold, copper and platinum for decades, before being operated by Caracol Mining Company from 2003 until 2006 [5] to mine antimony and baryte. [6] Barite grinding mill. Caracol Mining Company sold their assets to Blackfire Exploration Mexico, [5] operated by brothers Brad and Brent Willis from ...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities will investigate an incident at a gold mine in the Pacific coastal state of Guerrero which killed three workers, President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday.
26 April - Mexico transited to the endemic phase. 23 May - Celaya massacre; 5 June - 2022 Mexican local elections; 16 June - FIFA makes its final selection for the sixteen venues to host matches during the 2026 World Cup, and three Mexican venus are selected: Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, and Estadio Akron in ...