For this year, mining royalties paid to September 30 totalled $ 130 million dollars, said Mining Minister Jose Pimentel. The amount exceeds the total raised last year. The country depends on international prices, according to settled authority, and acknowledged that the high prices of minerals in the foreign market, “we have increased royalties and exports.”…
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Mutun may not be only iron but gold and silver as well…
Last night Pagina Siete’s website reported about El Mutun, the largest iron concentration in the world, which is located near Puerto Suarez, border with Brazil. Currently an Indian Company, Jindal has been given the mining concession of half of El Mutun, there exists also a state company which is supposed to supervise ore concentrates exports until a foundry is built and steel…
Monday briefs: A H1N1; TIPNIS; blockades; copper mega mine
Flu, A H1H1: Health Minister, Nila Heredia reported for this year four deaths as of Monday, October 10; and around 600 cases that tested positive to the virus A H1N1 in Bolivia. Heredia explained that number of people sick with this flu was as a result of high concentrations of people during the Fexpo in Santa…
Bolivia is proud to have: Royal Silver Company (an update!)
Kudos go to Royal Silver Company, a Bolivian company that exports quality in silver and gold coin fabrication. Bolivian Thoughts in an Emerging World was fortunate enough to make an update of this post, as a result of a direct contact, today October 10, 2011, with Mr. Brian McConnell, CEO, Royal Silver Company (Bolivia) S.A. Mr….
Good news for Bolivia!!
Finally a piece of good news for Bolivia! The company that operates a larger portion of El Mutun mine (iron mineral, border Santa Cruz with Brazil), Jindal Steel & Power reported the first shipment of 260 thousand metric tons of iron concentrates to China. For centuries Bolivia was known as a highland mining country who…
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