Chile an lawmakers have unanimously approved changes to a law that forces state-own Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, to transfer 10% of its annual export sales to the country’s armed forces.
News ID: 5309 Publish Date : 2019/07/19
Chile an President Sebastian Piñera has submitted a series of modifications to a bill introduced earlier this year which would set stiffer fines and jail time for serious violations of the country’s environmental rules.
News ID: 5154 Publish Date : 2019/07/14
About 3,200 unionized workers at Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile returned to the operation on Friday, ending a two-week strike that lifted the metal’s price and triggered fresh supply fears.
News ID: 4927 Publish Date : 2019/06/29
Chile is stepping up efforts to switch entirely to renewable energy by 2040 by kicking off the process of closing eight coal-fired power stations over the next five years.
News ID: 4914 Publish Date : 2019/06/27
Chile ’s Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, has already lost $17.5 million due to an ongoing strike at its Chuquicamata copper mine, its largest operation, as the labour action enters week two.
News ID: 4878 Publish Date : 2019/06/23
Canada's New Energy Metals (TSXV: ENRG) announced that it entered into a letter of intent with certain arm’s length vendors to be granted the exclusive right and option to acquire an initial 70% royalty-free interest in and to certain exploration and exploitation mineral concessions known as the “Exploradora North project.”
News ID: 4798 Publish Date : 2019/06/11
Unionized workers at Codelco’s Chuquicamata operation rejected on Saturday the miner’s final contract negotiation offer and announced that on Tuesday and Wednesday they will be voting on a proposal to go on strike.
News ID: 4650 Publish Date : 2019/05/27
SolGold is in talks with financiers keen to invest in its Ecuadorian copper-gold prospects and mining major BHP could increase its stake in the company, SolGold's chief executive said on Monday.
News ID: 4612 Publish Date : 2019/05/21
Revelo Resources (TSXV: RVL) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE: SQM) signed this week an exploration option agreement under which the latter can acquire up to an 80% interest in Calvario and Mirador, two of Revelo's copper-focused projects in northern Chile .
News ID: 4350 Publish Date : 2019/04/12
Codelco and other copper mining giants are set to plow billions of dollars into the revitalization of Chile 's mines, but that may not be enough to keep the country from losing ground to competitors elsewhere in the world.
News ID: 4323 Publish Date : 2019/04/11
The president and CEO of Vancouver-based Mountainstar Gold has been slapped with a C$150,000 penalty by the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) for making “false or misleading statements” regarding the Pascua Lama gold deposit in Chile .
News ID: 4320 Publish Date : 2019/04/11
Global miner Anglo American (LON: AAL) will abandon plans to expand its Los Bronces copper mine in Chile if any potential damage to the nearby glaciers and ground water is identified.
News ID: 4275 Publish Date : 2019/04/09
Chile an state miner Codelco produced slightly less copper in 2018 than the year before, the company reported on Friday, as it continued to contend with declining ore grades and rising costs at its aging mines.
News ID: 4172 Publish Date : 2019/03/30
SANTIAGO – Chile 's Antofagasta expects to reach an agreement with miner BHP to help ensure water supply at its Zalidvar copper mine in the country's northern desert, a company official told a Chile an newspaper on Friday.
News ID: 4126 Publish Date : 2019/03/22
Chile ’s Codelco, the world’s No. 1 copper producer, plans to kick off underground operations at its century-old Chquicamata mine by mid-year, chairman Juan Benavides said Wednesday
News ID: 3773 Publish Date : 2019/02/27
Global miner Anglo American laid off 180 workers at its flagship Los Bronces mine in central Chile , part of a plan to boost productivity at the deposit that has raised the ire of some of its unionized workers.
News ID: 3512 Publish Date : 2019/01/31
Chile ’s Chemical and Mining Society (SQM), the world’s second largest producer of lithium, used in batteries that power electric cars and high tech devices, has taken measures to protect sensitive information from China’s Tianqi Lithium, which recently acquired almost a quarter of the company.
News ID: 3395 Publish Date : 2019/01/25
Chile 's President Sebastián Piñera announced this week the appointment of Robert Mayne-Nicholls as the new Vice President of the National Mining Company, known for its initials in Spanish Enami.
News ID: 3348 Publish Date : 2019/01/21
Chile ’s nuclear watchdog CCHEN is considering an investigation into potential fraud after an audit found that the agency for decades failed to properly record exports of ultralight battery metal lithium, documents obtained by Reuters show.
News ID: 3307 Publish Date : 2019/01/17
SANTIAGO – Chile will delay a previously announced arbitration with Albemarle Corp (ALB.N), the world’s top lithium producer, in anticipation that the US-based miner will make a new offer to bring it into compliance with a 2016 contract, a source close to the negotiations told Reuters.
News ID: 3105 Publish Date : 2018/12/29