Chile

The project will increase Sierra Gorda’s processing capacity from an estimated 48-million to about 60-million tonnes a year. 

A gold mine in the Coquimbo Region, in north-central Chile. 

TSX-listed rare earths developer Aclara Resources and its joint venture (JV) partner CAP have launched a demonstration plant to develop the technology to produce rare earth metals and alloys at... 

Two unions at Chile's Centinela copper mine rejected further contract talks with Antofagasta Minerals on Wednesday and decided to strike after government-mediated negotiations failed to produce a... 

TSX-listed rare earths developer Aclara Resources is expanding the scope of its planned rare earths separation facility in Louisiana called Project Dynamo to incorporate separation capabilities for... 

Chile's Codelco is investigating new evidence of over-reported copper production in 2024 and 2025, the State-run miner said on Tuesday, a probe that could further stoke industry concerns about the... 

Aim-listed CleanTech Lithium has validated the process envisioned by the Laguna Verde prefeasibility study (PFS) to produce high-purity lithium carbonate. The company conducted a comprehensive... 

A worker was killed in an accident at Chilean State-run miner Codelco's Radomiro Tomic mine, the country's mining regulator Sernageomin said on Thursday. Codelco confirmed in a statement that a... 

Aclara Resources is proposing the development of the Penco Module – an ionic-clay heavy rare earths project covering about 600 ha – in the Biobío region of Chile.  

Supervisors at BHP's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest, rejected a collective contract offer on Wednesday, paving the way for a potential strike at the Chilean mine. Last week, the 1... 

The two main unions at Antofagasta Minerals' Centinela copper mine in Chile said on Tuesday they are ready to strike, but hope one can be averted if the company agrees to a deal during mandatory... 

Market research firm Mordor Intelligence expects the global lithium carbonate market to grow from 141-million lithium carbonate-equivalent (LCE) tons in 2026 to 3.93-million LCE tons by 2031,... 

Workers from two unions at Antofagasta Minerals' Centinela copper mine in northern Chile rejected on Monday the company's collective contract offer, paving the way for a strike. The company and... 

Gold Fields has more than doubled free cash flow in the last 12 months; Northern Star has suffered free cash flow decline in the same period despite the gold price rise. Gold Fields has a settled... 

Despite strong copper prices, growing investment demands are offsetting much of the gains posted by mining companies in Chile, Moody's said in a report on Thursday. Chile, the world's largest... 

Operations at BHP's Escondida mine in Chile are being resumed progressively as assessments continue, the world's largest copper mine said on Thursday. Operations at the mine were suspended on... 

Unionized supervisors at BHP's Escondida copper mine in Chile remain far from reaching a new collective contract agreement as time quickly runs out before a mandatory mediation period is set to... 

The US Export-Import Bank plans to fund up to $7-billion worth of critical minerals and energy projects in Argentina, according to a document seen by Reuters, as part of a push to deepen economic... 

Chilean State-owned copper giant Codelco's restructuring plan may not be ready until the end of 2026, the company told Reuters on Wednesday, signalling a delay for a much-anticipated strategy meant...