October 8, 2018 Chile eyes new copper markets to shield economy from trade war Chile aims to find new copper markets and expand its lithium industry as it seeks to shield its economy from a U.S-.China trade war.
October 7, 2018 Chile regulator refuses to raise Albemarle lithium output quota -newspaper Albemarle requested an increase of 258,446 metric tons of Metallic Lithium Equivalent but the government says the information provided was not sufficient to justify the increase.
October 5, 2018 Bolivia to pick new junior partner on lithium in coming weeks Bolivia will choose a new junior partner to help industrialize its lithium deposits from among seven companies that submitted proposals.
October 5, 2018 Millrock Resources | Explorer releases drill results from Alaska copper-gold project CEO of Millrock Resources talks about the recently released drill results from the Alaska Range Project as well as developments at its Mexican properties.
October 5, 2018 Hudbay doesn’t deny rumours of interest in Chile’s Mantos Copper The Chilean miner has been seeking a buyer for all or part of itself to raise $1 billion to dig for copper and gold in two of its mines in…
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.
Lupaka Gold may seize Peru state assets over unpaid $67M arbitration award Lupaka's chairman Gordon Ellis said it has identified Peru’s national petroleum company Petroperu as potential target. January 19, 2026 | 09:59 am
