March 6, 2023

Codelco looking to get delayed project back on track

The Chilean state-owned firm had envisaged turning its mainly underground Salvador mine into an open pit by first half of 2023.

March 6, 2023

South America looks at creating “lithium OPEC”

Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Brazil would cooperate to expand their processing capacity, open battery plants and make EVs locally.

March 4, 2023

Peruvian communities to resume blockade of crucial “mining corridor”

The communities also agreed to demand the stoppage from Monday of operations at Antapaccay, Las Bambas and Constancia.

March 3, 2023

Panama president says First Quantum talks in ‘final stretch’

"There is only one point that is currently pending and we hope it will be resolved as soon as possible", he said.

March 3, 2023

Column: Automakers rush in where miners fear to tread

It's a useful reminder that going upstream can be a high-risk business for even the biggest automotive companies.

March 3, 2023

First Quantum losing $8 million a day on Cobre Panama halt

The miner's local unit warned of "exponential and irreparable" damage to the company and stakeholders, including the workforce.

March 2, 2023

Chile copper production up 2.9% in January – Cochilco

Production from state-owned giant Codelco jumped 5.1% on a yearly basis to 127,000 tonnes.

March 2, 2023

Vale to turn Amazon mining waste into high-grade iron ore

The company has started extracting scrap that had been dumped at a tailings dam at Carajas in northern Brazil since 1985.

March 2, 2023

Tesla lobbying to secure lithium from Chile — report

Tesla executives held talks with the ministers of foreign affairs and mining, as well as with the leader of the development agency Corfo.

March 2, 2023

SQM to spend $3.4 billion by 2025 as profit tripled

The world’s second-largest lithium miner's net income hit $3.9 billion in 2022, compared $585.5 million the previous year.