Chile’s mining regulator Sernageomin said on Friday it is investigating the death of a worker at BHP’s Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine.
News ID: 12542 Publish Date : 2025/10/12
me-metals: Codelco’s top mine will run well below capacity for the next several months, signaling that the impact of a deadly accident will drag on well into next year, said people with knowledge of the matter.
News ID: 12541 Publish Date : 2025/10/12
me-metals: The head of Chile’s Sernageomin mining regulator said on Tuesday that the investigation into the fatal mine collapse in El Teniente would likely take months to finalize.
News ID: 12532 Publish Date : 2025/10/09
me-metals: One worker is dead and five remain missing after a collapse at a copper mine in central Chile, triggered by a 4.2-magnitude earthquake on Thursday evening, according to state-run mining giant Codelco.
News ID: 12259 Publish Date : 2025/08/04
me-metals: On November 16, Chileans will head to the polls to elect their next president, who will govern until 2030 and, in doing so, set the course for the country’s most important economic engine: its mining sector.
News ID: 12228 Publish Date : 2025/07/30
me-metals: A recent mishap at a century-old copper smelter owned by Codelco is stoking debate over the pros and cons of shutting it down as a global smelting glut puts pressure on old, high-cost plants.
News ID: 12156 Publish Date : 2025/07/12
me-metals: Chile’s Congress has approved sweeping legislation to slash permitting times for mining and energy projects, aiming to boost investment in the world’s top copper producer and second-largest lithium supplier.
News ID: 12124 Publish Date : 2025/07/03
me-metals: Chile posted its best month of copper production this year as the world’s largest supplier of the metal delivers some relief to tight global markets.
News ID: 12118 Publish Date : 2025/07/01
me-metals: A Chilean startup backed by BHP Group has delivered its first copper cathodes from a demonstration plant at a mine site in northern Chile as the industry looks to squeeze out more metal from lower quality ore.
News ID: 12057 Publish Date : 2025/06/04
me-metals: Chilean copper producer Codelco and global miner Rio Tinto will jointly aim to create a copper “mining district” around their shared Nuevo Cobre project in the Atacama region of northern Chile, Codelco said on Monday.
News ID: 11985 Publish Date : 2025/05/13
me-metals: Top copper miner Codelco would be able to retain more profit to help dig itself out of debt and overhaul its aging deposits if Carolina Toha wins this year’s presidential election in Chile, according to her economic spokesperson.
News ID: 11984 Publish Date : 2025/05/13
me-metals: Chinese metals group Tsingshan said on Friday it remains interested in opportunities to invest in Chile’s downstream lithium sector, following reports that it had scrapped plans for a lithium cathode plant in the Andean country.
News ID: 11977 Publish Date : 2025/05/11
me-metals: Chile’s government said it is moving forward with a simplified process to award lithium contracts in three salt flats, the mining ministry said on Tuesday.
News ID: 11910 Publish Date : 2025/04/23
me-metals: Copper production from Chilean state-run miner Codelco dipped 6% year-over-year in February, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on Thursday, slipping to 98,100 metric tons.
News ID: 11867 Publish Date : 2025/04/11
me-metals: Chile’s place at the low-end of US tariffs announced last week could be favorable for the world’s leading copper-producing country if US President Donald Trump decides to slap tariffs on copper, Chile Mining Minister Aurora Williams said on Wednesday.
News ID: 11862 Publish Date : 2025/04/10
me-metals: Chile, the world’s largest producer of copper, is preparing to slash its official price estimate for 2025, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
News ID: 11854 Publish Date : 2025/04/07
me-metals: Rio2 (TSXV: RIO) announced on Friday it has kicked off construction at the Fenix gold mine in Chile, having successfully completed its permitting four months ago and secured funding for the project.
News ID: 11743 Publish Date : 2025/02/09
me-metals: Copper output from Chile, the metal’s top global producer, rose 4.9% to reach 5.5 million metric tons last year, according to data from copper commission Cochilco released on Friday.
News ID: 11741 Publish Date : 2025/02/08
me-metals: Chile has wrapped up the initial phase of its efforts to award special lithium operation contracts (Ceols) to private companies, drawing applications from seven firms and consortiums.
News ID: 11738 Publish Date : 2025/02/06
me-metals: Chile’s environmental authority SMA ordered on Thursday the “total and definitive” closure of Lundin Mining’s (TSX: LUN) Alcaparrosa mine, as a result of an almost three-year long probe into a massive sinkhole that emerged near the operation in 2022.
News ID: 11716 Publish Date : 2025/01/31
