Elvis Fuertes, El Potosi: Infraestructuras que fueron testigos del auge del Estaño – Miraflores, UNCÍA. Infrastructures that witnessed the tin boom – Miraflores, UNCÍA. Interior de una pulpería en Catavi, quedó totalmente desbaratada. LLALLAGUA. | Interior of a grocery store in Catavi, was completely destroyed. LLALLAGUA. Mina [Mine] Siglo XX. Monumento al Minero revolucionario y…
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Cerro Rico production stops after nearly 500 years
Paul Harris reports for Mining Journal: Revolution, war, plague and genocide couldn’t stop production from Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia, but COVID-19 has seen it suspended after almost 500 years. Editor’s Note: Mining Journal is making some of its most important coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic freely available to readers. For more coverage, please see…
Files reveal Bolivian ‘tin baron’ saved 9,000 Jews from Nazis
Eli Leon writes for Israel Hayom: Files reveal Bolivian ‘tin baron’ saved 9,000 Jews from Nazis Decomposing documents discovered among trash shed new light on history of previously vilified mining tycoon Mauricio Hochschild • Files show he made efforts to save as many Jews as possible, including paying out of his own pocket for travel…
Bolivia Base Metals Mining Market, 2020 – Research and Markets
CBS BusinessWire reports: Bolivia Base Metals Mining Market, 2020 – Research and Markets Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Base Metals Mining in Bolivia to 2020” report to their offering. The ‘Base Metals Mining in Bolivia to 2020’ report comprehensively covers Bolivian reserves of base metals (zinc and lead), reserves by country,…
The history of the Bolivian Schindler
Pablo Peralta reports for Pagina Siete: Little-known dimension of the three tin barons The history of the Bolivian Schindler The mining entrepreneur Mauricio Hochschild saved several Jews from the Nazis; besides humanitarian reasons, this entrepreneur sought them to contribute. Mauricio Hochschild was one of the tin barons. But today, thanks to recent research, a facet…
And the prices of our commodities start to drop… what will current Bolivian gov do?! if anything!!
Current Bolivian government portrays itself as an ‘economics’ expert, shows a large international reserves as if they were the ones who made that happen… the reason why we are doing relatively good in macroeconomic terms are the extraordinary higher international prices of our minerals and natural gas. Not a single job nor a ton of…
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