February 7, 2018 Why Tesla is turning to Chile for its lithium: Andy Home Chile is an obvious place for Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk, to look for secure supply, as the global lithium mother-lode is in the brine lakes of the country's Atacama…
February 6, 2018 For Barrick Gold the Pascua-Lama hits keep coming $429 million impairment on the stalled project after Chile environment agency ordered final closure.
February 6, 2018 Investment poised to increase in Chile – central bank survey Chile's economy is poised to improve by mid-year as rebounding copper prices and President-elect Sebastian Pinera's promise of business-friendly policies increase optimism among investors.
February 5, 2018 Rio investors asked to push miner to leave Minerals Council of Australia Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility says it needs 100 shareholders to co-file resolution at Rio’s upcoming annual general meeting.
February 4, 2018 Guyana Goldfields goes underground, stops worrying about Venezuela The Canadian company is set to invest $120 million to conduct underground gold mining for the first time in Guyana’s history.
February 2, 2018 INGEMMET estimated the existence of 243,000 tons of silver and 6,915 tons of gold Peru will strengthen position in top five gold and silver producing countries in the world if it makes most of the reserves of these two metals.
February 2, 2018 Rio Tinto back in race for stake in world’s largest lithium miner Rio’s renewed interest in SQM is welcome by the Chilean government, which had expressed concerns about a potential and dangerous concentration in the market should major lithium producers, such as…
February 2, 2018 Southern Copper surprises with $287.5 million net loss in fourth quarter Analysts had forecast a $419 million net profit for the company in the fourth quarter.
February 2, 2018 Two die in Yamana Gold mine accident in Argentina The accident at Gualcamayo mine involved two employees of a local contractor traveling in a light truck on an access road at the Las Vacas exploration site.
February 1, 2018 No sign of early contract talks at BHP’s Escondida mine -Union BHP's Escondida on Wednesday cast doubt on chances of starting talks on a new labor agreement with the company before formal negotiations scheduled for June.
Another arrest made in ‘largest gold heist in Canadian history’ In April 2023 about 880 pounds of gold was offloaded from a flight at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport after arriving from Zurich, along with C$2.5 million in cash. January 12, 2026 | 04:55 pm
