March 11, 2018

Workers at Cajamarquilla zinc smelter in Peru end strike

Workers had downed tools on Monday to demand higher wages and better benefits, according to a union leader.

March 9, 2018

Chile files complaint to block sale of SQM shares to Chinese companies

Chile’s antitrust regulator FNE will need to review the complaint.

March 9, 2018

Chile says companies to invest $754 mln in lithium industry

Chile's Molymet and China's Sichuan Fulin Industrial Group were selected in a bidding process to develop technology focused on the lithium market.

March 9, 2018

Chile approves increase in lithium quota for Albemarle

Albemarle has said it could invest $1 billion in Chile over the next five years if the plan was approved.

March 9, 2018

Antofagasta’s Los Pelambres copper mine workers vote to strike

Unionized workers company’s latest offer for a collective labour agreement.

March 9, 2018

Teck restarts Elkview dryer, to lose 200,000 tonnes of coal production

Company expects to lose about 200,000 tonnes in steelmaking coal output.

March 9, 2018

Guatemala delays ruling on Tahoe’s Escobal mine reopening

Constitutional Court has requested additional information.

March 8, 2018

More countries want to be exempt from Trump’s tariffs

Brazil, Argentina, Japan and the EU have expressed concerns about the measure.

March 8, 2018

Trump sets steel and aluminum tariffs; Mexico, Canada exempted

Trump has also demanded concessions from the European Union and has threatened to hike tariffs on auto imports from Europe.

March 8, 2018

Chile’s Codelco receives approval for $1 bln desalination plant

The go-ahead from the Antofagasta region's environmental regulator will allow the company to expand its Radomiro Tomic mine.