SANTIAGO – Chile’s Copper Commission (Cochilco) expects total investments in mining projects in the country to total US$ 64.856 billion from 2017 to 2026, according to a report released yesterday. According to the Chilean mining […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s copper production in 2017 would be 5.6-million tonnes in the South American nation, a 0.8% rise from 2016, according to state copper commission Cochilco. The body predicts 2017 average copper prices of […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean authorities have approved a US$2.5 billion expansion of BHP Billiton’s Spence copper mine, a local newspaper reported, though the company has not yet decided whether to go ahead with the project. Chile’s […]
SANTIAGO – Search operations were continuing around the clock with up to 120 people on day shift and 60 at night, Mandalay said in an update issued past midnight Monday. Mandalay Resources’ (TSX:MND) mine in […]
SANTIAGO – Heavy snowfall in Chile’s southern region of Aysén has complicated efforts to rescue two miners who have been trapped for a week at Mandalay Resources’ (TSX:MND) mine, after the section in which they […]
JAKE LEFFEW & JACK BROOK The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Two miners are missing after a flooding incident at a Canadian-owned mine in Chile’s southern Aysen region, according to a statement issued Friday by […]
SANTIAGO – Shares in Mandalay Resources Corp (TSX:MND) were down Friday morning after the Canadian miner revealed it had suspended operations at its Cerro Bayo underground silver-gold mine in Chile, following an incident that cause […]
SANTIAGO – Heavy rains lashed the high altitude desert region of Antofagasta overnight and into Wednesday, suspending key operations at major mines in northern Chile. BHP Billiton’s Escondida, the world’s biggest copper mine, said it […]
SANTIAGO – One of the world’s highest-grade gold mines in Chile has been closed and its operator has declared bankruptcy due to a lack of working capital. The Pimenton mine, owned by Toronto-based Cerro Grande […]
SANTIAGO – Mining giant Antofagasta Minerals has sold its minority stake in a solar park, in northern Chile, and will launch a power auction for one of its copper mines, the company said in a […]
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