December 28, 2018 Chile’s Collahuasi aims to extend output at copper mine with $3.2B project The project at Collahuasi is one of the world's largest copper mines, with an estimated 2018 production of 545,000 tonnes.
December 28, 2018 Chile to delay arbitration with top lithium producer Albemarle Under the contract, Albemarle had agreed to provide as much as 25 percent of its annual production at a discount to companies seeking to produce battery metals within Chile.
December 28, 2018 Board of Brazil’s Vale gives CEO Schvartsman another term Schvartsman, appointed CEO in March 2017 to replace Murilo Ferreira, had been set to end his term in May.
December 27, 2018 Russia’s Rosatom tells Chile it can help boost lithium output Automakers, governments, miners and other have increasingly lobbied officials for access to Chile's coveted resources.
December 27, 2018 Human activity creates 208 new mineral species Study shows mining has sparked "unparalleled inorganic compound diversification" like rabbittite at Lucky Strike, Utah and a handful found on smelter walls
December 26, 2018 Japan’s Sumitomo Metal sees global nickel deficit nearly halving in 2019 Global demand for nickel is seen increasing by 3.4 percent in 2019 from this year to 2.339 million tonnes.
December 26, 2018 Bolivia: Where revolutionaries and lithium miners go to die In 2017 Morales started talking about lithium mining. The country holds vast amounts of the mineral.
December 26, 2018 Life-blood of Tesla batteries hits supply limits in Andean mine As mining activity surges, water tables are falling amid growing environmental concerns.
December 23, 2018 How to profit from low-grade gold mines Mining costs rose steadily through the 2000s which should have hurt a lot of gold miners. But it didn’t.
December 23, 2018 Strong Chilean copper project pipeline expected to come online — report The report does have a caveat.
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