South America Mining Categories
South American Mining Recruitment Opportunities
South American Mining Recruitment Opportunities
CA Mining: Global Recruitment, a division of CA Global Headhunters PTY (Ltd)., includes a team which specialises in recruiting across the board, from Artisans to Executives, for the bustling Mining and Mineral Exploration Industry in South America.
On a continent that holds some of the world’s largest mineral reserves and producers, including Brazil (5th largest mineral producer), Suriname (one of the largest bauxite producers), Peru (world-class gold, copper and silver-zinc reserves) and Colombia (some of the world’s largest coal reserves), to name a few, one can easily understand why experienced, qualified mining professionals are in high demand for South America!
Commodities listed below are the predominant one’s mentioned for each country (i.e. there may be further commodities found to be mines in each country), and those bolded are the main commodities for the country.
Argentina:
Commodities: Copper, gold and silver.
Known to have low copper production cost.
Several new mines expected in the next few years.
Both open pit and underground mining takes place, with open pit being predominant.
Bolivia:
Commodities: Tin, Gold, iron zinc, silver, lead, antinomy and copper.
Equal open pit and underground mining takes place.
Brazil:
Commodities: Iron Ore, gold, bauxite and kaolin.
5th largest mineral producer in the world.
One of the world’s largest mining equipment markets.
One of the world’s largest importers of metallurgical coal, used by steel manufacturers.
Equal open pit and underground mining takes place.
Chile:
Commodities: Copper, gold and silver.
Known to have low copper production cost.
Decrease in lead, iron and petroleum industries since the 1970’s.
Major world supplier of iodine, lithium, molybdenum, sodium, potassium, nitrate and non-metallic minerals.
In 2010 ranked 1st in Investment Opportunities by the Mining Journal.
Colombia:
Commodity: Coal.
Some of the world’s largest coal reserves.
5th largest thermal coal exporter in the world.
One of the world’s largest open pit mines (Cerrejon).
Ecuador:
Commodities: Gold and silver.
French Guiana:
Commodities: Gold, cement, clays, columbite, tantalite, sand and stone.
Guyana:
Commodities: Bauxite, gold and diamonds.
Paraguay:
Commodities: Cement, iron, steel, limestone, gypsum, kaolin, clay, silica, sand, iron ore and ornamental stone.
Peru:
Commodities: Gold, copper and silver-zinc.
World-class reserves or above-mentioned commodities.
Majority of exports are minerals.
Immense potential as only 10% of the country has been explored for mineral prospects.
Suriname:
Commodities: Bauxite, alumina and gold.
One of the largest Bauxite producers in the world.
Uruguay:
Primary focus is the extraction of non-metallic minerals for construction, glass and ceramic industry. This includes gravel, pebbles, limestone, dolomite, quartz talc, gypsum and clay.
Several gold prospects as well.
Venezuela:
Latin America’s 2nd largest coal producer.
Rapidly expanding iron, steel and aluminium sectors.
Gold and base metal exploration on Guyana Shield, with numerous prospective gold targets.
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