RIO DE JANEIRO – The toll from a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil’s Minas Gerais state has risen to 157 deaths after nearly two weeks of searches, with 182 missing, authorities said […]
MOSCOW – Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro has signed a series of bilateral agreements during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this week. The cooperation accords are on mining, oil, telecommunications, weapons […]
SANTIAGO – China’s Tianqi Lithium Corp. has finally completed its purchase of a 23.77% share in Chilean lithium miner SQM from Nutrien, the Chilean stock exchange said on Monday, for a total sale price of […]
LIMA – Peru’s top tin-producing company, Minsur, is aiming to start production in 2020/2021, with output set to reach 102,000 tonnes of copper and 58,000 tonnes of copper cathode per year. The Peruvian company has […]
LIMA – Peruvian mining attracted investments of 2.36 billion U.S. dollars during the first eight months of the year, according to the country’s minister of Energy and Mines. Although international markets are suffering from a […]
SANTIAGO – Chile posted a trade deficit of $302 million in August, its first in two years, alongside a decline in exports of copper, its principal product, the central bank reported on Friday. Copper exports […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s exports of lithium carbonate reached US$85 million in July, more than double that of the same month the previous year, as demand and prices for the key component in electric vehicle batteries […]
SANTIAGO – The Santiago Stock Exchange fell slightly on Thursday, as purchases of external funds in leading securities helped offset the initial pessimism by the marked weakness in the price of copper, Chile’s largest export. […]
SANTAGO – Chilean copper producer Antofagasta has sold its electricity transmission business Centinela Transmisión to Red Eléctrica Chile SpA, a subsidiary of Red Eléctrica Internacional, for US$117 million. On Friday, the company said the sale of the unit […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean authorities will build a center for energy transition and advanced materials for the development of lithium in northern Antofagasta region, which holds 54% of the world’s lithium resources. The executive vice president […]
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