March 24, 2024 Criminals’ attempt to kidnap Peruvian miners quashed The Pataz Unified Command detained three men who attempted to kidnap a group of miners in the La Libertad region, northwestern Peru.
March 24, 2024 Ecuadorian human rights organization denounces criminalization of anti-mining protest Ecuador’s Ecumenical Human Rights Commission denounced law enforcement agents' criminalization of anti-mining protests.
March 23, 2024 Fortescue eyes developing its copper assets, not looking at Cobre Panama "When we feel the time is right, we'll pull the trigger," Andrew Forrest said during a visit to Beijing.
March 22, 2024 Human rights court orders Peru to pay damages to mining town The court ruled the state failed to comply with its duty to regulate and supervise La Oroya Metallurgical Complex, which was active for nearly a century.
March 22, 2024 Tianqi seeks shareholder voting power in SQM-Codelco deal Tianqi holds about a 20% stake in SQM, which on Thursday told shareholders talks were ongoing with Codelco over a new lithium partnership.
March 22, 2024 Graphic: Congo overtakes Peru on copper output, still behind on exports The DRC overtook Peru as the world's second largest copper producer in 2023.
March 21, 2024 SQM doubles down on lithium boom as peers go on the defensive On the edge of Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the world’s biggest lithium refineries is about to get a lot bigger.
March 21, 2024 SQM updates shareholders over delayed Codelco lithium deal Miner plans to transfer to state-run copper producer Codelco its mining concessions and other rights in Chile's Maricunga salt flat.
March 21, 2024 Antofagasta launches desalination plant for Los Pelambres mine The mine is the first to operate with desalinated water in an area of the country that has suffered a 15-year drought.
March 21, 2024 India’s Jindal takes on operations at Venezuela’s largest iron ore mill Jindal aims to export 600,000 metric tons of the raw material per month by the end of the year.
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