Latin America
Латинская Америка · 22 countries · 54 producers · 30 sanctions entries mentioning region
World's #1 copper (Chile, Peru), #1 silver (Mexico, Peru), top-5 iron ore (Brazil), the 'Lithium Triangle' (Chile-Argentina-Bolivia). Codelco, BHP-Escondida, Antofagasta, Vale, SQM, Albemarle Atacama operations.
Primary sources: Cochilco · USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
Producers in region
54 entries from TSM producer directory (cross-referenced with company IR pages, HKEX, SEC, ASX, LSE filings). Expand a metal to see members.
Exchanges
Tracked in TSM exchange registry. Currency in region: BRL Brazilian Real · MXN Mexican Peso · CLP Chilean Peso · ARS Argentine Peso · PEN Peruvian Sol.
Regulators
- SBIF/CMF Chile — Chile Comisión para el Mercado Financiero · primary site
- CVM Brazil — Comissão de Valores Mobiliários · primary site
- SMV Peru — Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores · primary site
- Cochilco — Chilean Copper Commission · primary site
Key export-control regimes
Outbound restrictions issued by regulators in this region. Cross-regional matrix: /export-controls/.
- Chile lithium nationalisation (Codelco–SQM partnership) — state co-control of Salar de Atacama, effective 2024-05-31 · official notice
- Mexico lithium reserved to state — Mining Law art. 5/9, effective 2022-04-20 · official notice
- Chile National Lithium Strategy — state majority share in new lithium contracts (Codelco/SQM partnership) — national strategy + public-private, effective 2023-04-20 · official notice
- Mexico lithium nationalisation — LitioMx state company, lithium declared strategic asset — nationalisation (Mining Law Article 5 amendment), effective 2022-04-20 · official notice
- Peru moratorium on new mining concessions in Madre de Dios (mercury/illegal gold) — regional environmental moratorium, effective 2019-02-19 · official notice
Sanctions-issuing bodies
Daily-tracked feeds in TSM sanctions watch.
No sanctions-issuing body based in this region.
Port operators in region
6 commodity-relevant ports. Operator / parent / stake / concession dates mirror what each issuer publicly discloses (annual reports, IR pages, HKEx/NSE/SEC filings). TSM does not classify ownership — only links to the primary source for every row.
| Port | Country | Operator | Parent | Stake | Since | Until | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callao | Peru | DP World Callao S.R.L. (South Terminal, 2006) + APM Terminals Callao S.A. (North Terminal, 2011) | DP World plc / A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S (AE) · private / OMXC MAERSK-B | — | 2006 | — | primary → |
| Ponta da Madeira (São Luís) | Brazil | Vale S.A. (Terminal Marítimo Ponta da Madeira) | Vale S.A. (BR) · NYSE VALE | 100% | 1985 | — | primary → |
| Tubarão (Vitória) | Brazil | Vale S.A. (Companhia Portuária de Vila Velha / Tubarão terminal) | Vale S.A. (BR) · NYSE VALE | 100% | 1966 | — | primary → |
| Antofagasta | Chile | Empresa Portuaria Antofagasta (EPA) | Government of Chile (Ministry of Transport) (CL) | 100% | 1998 | — | primary → |
| Mejillones | Chile | Complejo Portuario Mejillones S.A. (CPM) | Codelco (Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile) (CL) | 100% | 1998 | — | primary → |
| Chancay | Peru | Cosco Shipping Ports Chancay Perú S.A. (CSPCP) | COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd (CN) · HKEx 1199 | 60% | 2019 | — | primary → |
Primary annual-report and IR sources tracked: COSCO Shipping Ports (HKEx 1199), China Merchants Port (HKEx 144), DP World, Adani Ports (NSE ADANIPORTS), PSA International, APM Terminals (via A.P. Møller-Mærsk), Hutchison Ports (HKEx 0001 CK Hutchison).
Region on map
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