October 5, 2018 Chile’s court ruling allows Tianqi to buy stake in lithium miner SQM The country's antitrust court has approved a deal between the competition regulator and Tianqi, allowing the Chinese miner to buy a nearly one-quarter stake in lithium producer SQM .
October 4, 2018 Hydro shutdown pushes up shares of South 32, Alumina Ltd Hydro plans to halt production and lay off 4,700 people at Alunorte, which has been operating at half capacity since March due to an environmental dispute.
October 4, 2018 Chile weighs arbitration with top lithium producer Albemarle The contract requires Albemarle to offer as much as 25 percent of its annual production capacity at a discounted rate to companies within Chile.
October 4, 2018 Vale to approve $1B expansion of Salobo copper mine in Brazil — report The project, known as the Salobo 3, is expected to add about 50,000 tonnes to the open-pit mine’s current capacity of 200,000 tonnes of copper per year
October 3, 2018 BHP and Vale reach final settlement in Brazil over dam failure The definitive agreement comes almost three years after the incident, which killed 19 people and became the country’s worst ever environmental disaster.
October 2, 2018 Mexican steel industry urges fix to U.S. tariff dispute Mexico's top steel industry association on Tuesday urged the country's government to resolve an ongoing tariff dispute with the Trump administration before a new trilateral trade deal is signed.
October 2, 2018 Peru’s mining investment boom leaves political woes behind Peru has the potential to overtake Chile to become the world’s biggest copper producer, but it’s being held back by a lack of infrastructure and a ten-fold increase in permitting…
October 1, 2018 Canada, buoyed by trade deal, to push U.S. on metal tariffs The agreement protects Canada's automotive industry from potentially devastating U.S. tariffs.
October 1, 2018 Senator wants to boost sustainable mining in Argentina’s wine country Changes to an existing provincial law propose a new Special Mining Rate.
September 30, 2018 Peru expects $58 billion in mining investments The recently-created Directorate for Mining Promotion and Sustainability will be in charge of identifying the regions with the mining highest potential.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
