December 27, 2011 Mining – Chile – Mining represents 70.1 pct of authorized FDI in 2011 Chile saw authorized foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2011 increase 4% compared to the prior year to a record US$13.8bn, of which US$9.67bn or 70.1% corresponds to mining, the economy…
December 27, 2011 Mining – Chile – Teck submits EIA for waste handling center at Quebrada Blanca Vancouver-based Teck (NYSE: TCK) submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) to the Chilean environment ministry's (MMA) evaluation service for a US$1mn project to build a new, integrated waste...
December 26, 2011 Metals – Chile – Two Codelco Ventanas executives to be charged over sulfur dioxide leak Two executives from Chilean state copper producer Codelco's Ventanas division will be formally charged by the Quintero district attorney's office regarding their alleged responsibility for a sulfur di...
December 26, 2011 Privatization – Chile – Codelco says agreement with Anglo American looks improbable The chances for a negotiated solution to the conflict between Chilean state copper producer Codelco and London-based Anglo American (LSE: AAL) have faded following the latter's legal action for allege...
December 26, 2011 Metals – Chile – Copper exports fall 5.2 pct in first half of December Chilean copper exports were down 5.2% to US$1.89bn in the first half of December compared with US$1.99bn year-on-year, according to figures compiled by the central bank. Copper accounted for 90.2%...
December 24, 2011 Crystallex files for bankruptcy protection and loses TSE listing Crystallex International received protection today under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act of Canada, and the company will also be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange next month.
December 22, 2011 Anglo American sues Codelco over breach of contract Anglo American said Thursday it had filed a writ with Santiago's Court of Appeals, suing the Chilean firm for breach of contract in a dispute over its south Chilean assets.
December 22, 2011 Freeport Cerro Verde, workers sign three-year labor accord Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.’s (FCX) Peruvian unit, which ended a 61-day strike last month, said it signed a three-year labor accord with workers that will enable it to move…
December 22, 2011 Vetorial stays in pig iron despite ambitious iron ore venture Brazil’s Vetorial Participações will keep its merchant pig iron business despite moving into a 7.6 billion Reais ($4 billion), 20 million-tpy iron ore joint venture called Vetria Mineração.
December 21, 2011 Chile to produce 5.5 million tons of copper in 2012: trade group Chile will produce 5.5 million mt of copper next year as new operations enter production, the country's national mining association SONAMI said Tuesday.
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