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.

June 22, 2022

Chile copper workers begin nationwide strike over smelter closure

News of the strike comes amid an historic $583 million reinvestment plan for Codelco announced by the government.

June 22, 2022

Lithium Power to become sole owner of Chile project

Lithium Power is merging with its JV partners on the Maricunga project in Chile to become the asset’s sole owner.

June 21, 2022

Vale to spend $400 million in 2022 to remove tailings dams

The dam elimination program has already cost the company $857 million of the $4 billion it projects to spend by 2035.

June 21, 2022

Samarco and creditors to go through mediation about debt restructuring

A judge scheduled a conciliation hearing between the company and its creditors on Tuesday as the parties offered competing debt restructuring plans.

June 21, 2022

Pathways to sustainable smelting 

As major economies march towards a net-zero future, there is a growing endeavour to produce metals with little-to-no carbon footprint.