June 24, 2018 Chile’s Codelco says unions at Salvador mine reject early wage deal Workers are pushing off further negotiations until later this year when their contracts expire.
June 22, 2018 Chile’s SQM decides not to hire ex-Chairman Ponce as adviser Ponce has held power at SQM since it was privatized under Pinochet in the 1980s and is still the largest shareholder.
June 21, 2018 Global copper output up 7.1 pct in first three months of 2018 Miners around the globe produced 330,000 more tonnes of copper between January and March this year than in the same period of 2017, helped by higher production in world’s leader…
June 21, 2018 Lumina Gold, First Quantum ink deal to advance exploration in Ecuador First Quantum will invest $1.5 million to advance exploration work at the Orquideas and Cascas assets in the first year, with the option of investing an additional $37 million over…
June 21, 2018 Newmont sells stake in Yanacocha gold mine to Japan’s Sumitomo for $48 million Sumitomo’s move comes as Japanese trading companies have been grabbing assets and increasing their stakes on a few of them thanks higher commodities prices, which have boosted their profits.
June 20, 2018 BHP steps up efforts to sell Nickel West business in Australia — report The world's top miner is said to have hired Goldman Sachs to assist with the sale of the Western Australia-based nickel operation.
June 19, 2018 Barrick Gold walks away from Guyana joint venture project Alicanto Minerals will retain 100% of Arakaka gold project.
June 19, 2018 Indian regulator approves Nutrien’s sale of stake in SQM to Tianqi The Competition Commission of India green-lighted the $4.1 billion deal reached in May between the Canadian potash giant and China’s Tianqi Lithium.
June 19, 2018 BHP to sell Chile’s Cerro Colorado copper mine to equity fund EMR Sale is part of chief executive Andrew Mackenzie’s bid to focus on large assets in commodities such as iron ore, copper and oil.
June 18, 2018 Chile antitrust watchdog probing Tianqi buy of lithium miner stake The country's antitrust regulator is investigating the effects on the market of Chinese miner Tianqi Lithium acquisition of a 24% stake in SQM, the world's second largest lithium producer,
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
