In one of the world’s driest deserts, the battle for water is heating up. Mining companies sifting northern Chile’s Atacama Desert for copper, lithium, and…
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Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second-largest lithium producer, achieved record second-quarter output levels and saw sales volumes soar on renewed optimism about long-term demand…
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BHP’s (LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP) Escondida and Spence copper mines in northern Chile are poised to pay a total of US$840 million for an early…
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Workers at Chile’s giant copper mines are caught between the urge to protect themselves and pressure to keep the country’s economy moving. Since declaring a…
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A Chilean environmental court will look into the State Defence Council’s (CDE) allegations that the Escondida copper mine, the world’s largest, has caused “irreparable damage”…
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Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has suspended a US$1.3 billion expansion at its Los Pelambres operation in Chile for an estimated four months as the coronavirus pandemic…
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Copper production at Chile, the world’s No. 1 producer of the metal, dropped by 44,000 tonnes or almost 0.8% last year compared to 2018, amid…
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Japanese powerhouse Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (MMC) has acquired a 30% stake in Mantos Copper’s Mantoverde mine and associated projects in Chile for US$263 million. MMC…
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The exchange will work Fastmarkets to provide the reference price lithium, a key component in the batteries that power electric vehicles and high-tech devices.
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The project is located along the prolific West Fissure fault system, near the open-pit Escondida mine.
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