June 24, 2024 Heavy rains in Chile cause mining tailing overflow A tailings dam belonging to copper miner Las Cenizas in central Chile began overflowing overnight on June 13.
June 21, 2024 Codelco working to securing deliveries after cargo train crash A passenger train on a test run by Chile's state rail operator collided with a private cargo train carrying about 1,346 metric tons of copper on Thursday.
June 21, 2024 Tianqi weighs legal actions after Chile regulator clears SQM-Codelco deal Chile's financial regulator allowed a planned lithium joint venture between SQM and Codelco to proceed without a vote by SQM shareholders.
June 21, 2024 SQM and Talga team up on Aero lithium project in Sweden The Chilean lithium miner can earn up to a 70% interest in Aero, which will grant it a foothold in the European market.
June 20, 2024 Vale unveils $3.3 billion plan to boost copper and nickel output The mining giant sees the potential to expand production capacity to about 500,000 tons of copper by 2028 mainly through improvements to its Salobo and Sossego mines in Brazil.
June 20, 2024 Vale expects deal to bring Onca Puma nickel mine back online soon A court decision halted the mine at the beginning of April.
June 20, 2024 South Star nears startup of the Americas’ first new graphite mine in over 25 years Santa Cruz will be the first new graphite production in the Americas since 1996.
June 20, 2024 Ecuador to approve Mirador copper mine expansion by August — official Mirador has reserves estimated in 3.2 million tonnes of copper and it is one of the country's only two mines in operations.
June 20, 2024 Vale sees higher 2026 copper, nickel output after investments Vale sees potential copper output in 2026 between 387,000 tonnes and 424,000 tonnes.
June 19, 2024 Omnigen Energy gets $46 million financing to develop 20 solar power plants in Minas Gerais Minas Gerais is the largest distributed generation market in Brazil with 2.5GWp already installed.
China’s November net gold imports via Hong Kong more than doubled from October Spot gold prices have risen about 72% this year, hitting a record $4,549.71 an ounce on Friday, the biggest annual gain since 1979. December 29, 2025 | 07:35 am
