March 15, 2022

Gravity-defying lithium price rally continues with “little relief in sight”

Chinese lithium prices double again in 2022, Benchmark’s mid-March assessment shows with seasonal restart of domestic brine supply unlikely to counter growing deficits.

March 15, 2022

Blockade halts Southern Copper’s Cuajone mine in Peru

Operations at the massive copper mine have been suspended since Feb. 28 after protestors cut water access and blocked a key railroad.

March 14, 2022

Lithium mining: ‘A new Bolivia’, says EnergyX CEO

Teague Egan says EnergyX has the technology that can help Bolivia unlock its lithium.

March 14, 2022

Cerrado signs $20m stream deal with Sprott on Monte do Carmo gold project

According to Sprott, this funding provides "catalytic capital" to advance the Monte Do Carmo project to a construction decision.

March 14, 2022

A top Brazilian hedge fund is betting on gold after Russian sanctions

Gold-backed exchange-traded funds have been drawing significant inflows as investors seek haven assets amid the geopolitical turmoil.

March 13, 2022

Albemarle facing environmental charges in Chile for over-extracting lithium-rich brine

Chile’s Environment Superintendence launched a legal procedure against Albemarle for over-extracting brine at its Atacama salt flat operation.

March 11, 2022

This 36-year-old is leading Latin America to a green revolution

Gabriel Boric is in the vanguard of a new awareness across Latin America of climate change and its link to inequality.

March 11, 2022

Mining, inflation and migration: Chile’s Boric faces full in-tray

Gabriel Boric, a 36-year-old former student protest leader and lawmaker, has pledged to shake Chile's market-led economic model

March 11, 2022

Lithium mining, climate change impacting flamingo populations in Chile

Two of the three flamingo species that breed in the lithium-rich Atacama salt flat have lost 10 to 12% of their populations in just 11 years.

March 10, 2022

Chile regulator fines BHP’s Escondida mine for damage in Salar de Atacama

Chile's environmental regulator has fined Escondida $8.2 million for damage caused by water extraction.