June 27, 2022 Codelco sees ‘very firm’ copper price ahead despite recent drop Chile's government said this week it would allow the company to retain 30% of its profits from last year to help finance an ambitious investment plan until the end of…
June 27, 2022 Codelco eyes green shift as environment pressure grows The mining firm is facing global clients and investors increasingly focused on environmental concerns.
June 26, 2022 Three Chilean communities maintain protest against Los Pelambres copper miner The Tranquilla, Batuco and Cuncumén communities are still looking for compensation following a leak in a pipeline at the mine’s concentrator plant.
June 24, 2022 Rio2 shares fall on EIA rejection of its Fenix Gold project in Chile While Fenix meets the environmental regulations and requirements, it didn’t provide enough information on how it aims to eliminate the “adverse impacts” that the project will have on the area’s…
June 24, 2022 Indigenous Ecuadorians fight back as metal mining eats into Amazon More than 60% of ancestral Shuar territory, spread over 568,000 acres, is covered by mining concessions.
June 24, 2022 Lithium King crowned in dictatorship sees $3.5bn fortune at risk Chile's constitutional rewrite may create a national lithium company that would compete with SQM, in which Julio Ponce Lerou is a top shareholder.
June 23, 2022 Codelco reaches agreement with workers to end strike The Federation of Copper Workers started the strike early Wednesday morning.
June 22, 2022 Residents end blockade of Las Bambas mine road, agree to dialogue The blockade signaled a new conflict just two weeks after the mining firm resumed operations.
June 22, 2022 Road to Las Bambas mine blocked again by residents The new conflict comes just two weeks after the mining firm resumed operations following another protest that forced Las Bambas to shut down for more than 50 days.
June 22, 2022 Sigma eyes lithium major status after boosting Brazil resources The Grota do Cirilo project in Minas Gerais state is on track to begin producing early next year.
Iron ore logs annual gain in a dramatic recovery fuelled by steel exports Prices of the key steelmaking ingredient had come under pressure earlier this year on expectations of a supply glut and forecasts of faltering demand in China. December 31, 2025 | 09:27 am
