March 8, 2021 Codelco expects $2.8 billion profit this year Last year's profit at the state-run company was about $2.1 billion, before taxes and extraordinary items.
March 5, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners; Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach new Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan deal; Copper price crashes through $4.00, down 7%.
March 5, 2021 Upstream tailings dams pose much higher stability risks, study finds Some 10% of all the facilities surveyed had reported a stability issue, but that figure jumped to 18.3% for active upstream facilities.
March 4, 2021 Albemarle slams Chile over ‘unjust’ withholding of Atacama study The lithium miner is appealing the government's decision and demanding the report be made public immediately.
March 4, 2021 Battery grade lithium prices in China surge 68% "Three years of falling lithium prices failed to incentivise sufficient investment into supply chains, leading to greater risks of price volatility as battery demand ramps up."
March 4, 2021 SQM plans to propose major lithium hydroxide expansion, CEO says Company said lithium sales volumes in Q4 jumped 50% from the previous quarter, hitting a three-month record of more than 25,000 tonnes.
March 4, 2021 Hostility to Beijing drives Chinese gold diggers into new territory Chinese gold mining companies are on a buying spree in West Africa and South America, outbidding rivals for assets in less familiar regions.
March 4, 2021 Mali, Emirates facilitated Venezuelan gold trade in 2020, opposition says Opposition leader says that the gold was refined in Mali and then resold primarily in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow for Maduro's administration to obtain the equivalent of…
March 4, 2021 Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners Resource nationalism has been on the rise over the past year, but Verisk Maplecroft believes the worst is yet to come for miners as governments try to claw back the…
March 3, 2021 Codelco to allow teleworking in post-coronavirus ‘cultural change’ The company had sent some 2,700 employees home to work remotely.
Chile mining group sees 2026 copper output at up to 5.7mt Sonami, which represents mining companies, also forecast the average price of copper at $4.50 per pound this year. January 13, 2026 | 07:09 am
