Top copper supplier Chile posts best monthly output of this year
Chilean copper mines delivered their best month this year as the top-producing country recovers from operational and project setbacks that took output to 20-year lows.
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Coal India eyeing Argentina, Chile for critical minerals
State-run Coal India is scouting for critical minerals in Argentina and is in talks with officials in Chile for lithium, India’s federal mines secretary V. L. Kantha Rao said on Wednesday.
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Chile’s top court rejects Tianqi appeal to halt SQM-Codelco deal
Chile’s Supreme Court rejected Chinese firm Tianqi’s appeal to halt a lithium deal between SQM and state-run Codelco, local newspaper La Tercera reported on Wednesday.
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Codelco bids $500 million for stake in key Chile copper mine
Chile’s Codelco, seeking to retain the title of world’s top copper supplier, made a $500 million offer to buy a stake in a mine run by Teck Resources Ltd., people with knowledge of the matter said.
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BYD says fate of lithium project is in hands of Chile government
BYD Co. said the timing of its lithium project in Chile remains up in the air as the Chinese electric vehicle juggernaut continues to negotiate with authorities in the South American nation.
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Lithium mining is slowly sinking Chile’s Atacama salt flat, study shows
Chile’s Atacama salt flat is sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches) per year due to lithium brine extraction, according to a study by the University of Chile.
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Chilean court orders halt of union roadblocks at Caserones mine
A Chilean court ordered a striking union at the Caserones copper mine to stop blocking roads around the mine, according to a ruling released on Wednesday.
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BHP strike in Chile enters third day
A strike at mining giant BHP’s huge Escondida mine in Chile entered its third day on Thursday, bolstering global copper prices as an ongoing standoff between the company and workers starts to spread worries about supply of the red metal.
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BHP removes striking workers at huge Chile copper mine
Mining giant BHP said on Tuesday it had started removing workers on strike at its Escondida copper mine in Chile, deepening tensions at the site after a powerful union rejected the company’s latest invitation for talks on pay.
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Chilean fuel-to-forestry giant Copec explores green hydrogen, copper options
Chile’s biggest industrial group Empresas Copec SA is exploring options to expand in green hydrogen and copper mining as the clean-energy transition boosts demand.
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Chilean court rejects Tianqi’s request to pause SQM-Codelco deal
A Chilean court has rejected a request from China’s Tianqi Lithium to pause a planned partnership between state-run Codelco and lithium miner SQM as the court analyzes arguments against the deal, according to a court document dated Thursday.
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Workers at BHP’s Escondida mine in Chile reject contract offer
Workers at BHP’s Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, rejected an offer for a new collective bargaining agreement, setting the stage for a potential strike, the union said on Thursday.
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Tianqi appeals Chile ruling on SQM-Codelco lithium deal
Chinese lithium miner Tianqi has appealed a ruling by Chilean financial regulator CMF that shareholder approval is not needed to proceed with a major tie-up set to boost state control over the country’s lithium sector, it said on Saturday.
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Chile’s lower house of Congress asks Boric to void Codelco-SQM deal
Chile’s lower house of Congress approved a resolution asking President Gabriel Boric to annul an agreement between state copper company Codelco and Chilean miner SQM that would give Codelco a prominent role in the lithium industry.
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Freeport McMoran plans $7.5bn investment to expand Chile copper mine
US miner Freeport McMoran plans to invest around $7.5 billion to expand its El Abra copper mine in Chile, a project expected to take seven to eight years to develop due to permitting requirements, CEO Kathleen Quirk said on Tuesday.
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Chilean lithium to be eligible for US tax break
Products made with Chilean-mined lithium – used for electric-vehicle batteries – will be eligible for US tax benefits, the Andean country’s government said on Thursday.
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Chile to open call for preferential pricing on Albemarle lithium in one month
Chile will open calls in a month for lithium component producers to compete for preferential pricing on lithium produced by Albemarle, the head of Chile’s CORFO economic development agency said on Tuesday.
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Lithium projects likely to exceed government targets in Chile
Chile’s government said that strong interest from private firms in lithium deals meant it could exceed its goal of three to four new projects in development by the end of 2026.
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Chile to analyze 81 private lithium proposals, eyeing four projects by 2026
Chilean officials on Tuesday said they will consider 81 proposals for lithium projects, putting the country on track to surpass a goal of four new projects by the end of 2026, even as questions remain about how the process will move forward.
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BASF pulls plug on Chile investment plans amid EV slowdown
German chemicals maker BASF SE has abandoned plans to invest in lithium mining assets in Chile as a slowdown in electric-vehicle adoption worldwide drags down battery metal prices.
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Tianqi asks Chile regulator to reconsider decision on SQM-Codelco deal
China’s Tianqi Lithium has appealed Chile’s financial regulator to reconsider its decision about the SQM-Codelco lithium deal not needing shareholder approval, the Financial Market Commission confirmed on Friday.
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Tianqi weighs legal actions after Chile regulator clears SQM-Codelco deal
China’s Tianqi Lithium said on Friday it was evaluating possible legal action against a Chilean regulator’s ruling allowing a tie-up between No. 2 lithium producer SQM, which it owns around a fifth of, and Chile’s state-run copper giant Codelco.
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Chile lithium projects garner interest from over 50 companies
More than 50 companies have expressed interest in developing lithium projects in Chile, Finance Minister Mario Marcel said on Tuesday, after the government called for proposals for a range of salt flats containing the battery metal.
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Chilean Cobalt gets $317 million funding support from EXIM Bank
US-based critical minerals explorer Chilean Cobalt (OTCQB: COBA) is the recipient of a letter of interest for a potential debt funding package of up to $317.4 million from the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
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Chile says Saudi mining minister to visit, lithium expected on agenda
Chile’s government said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia’s mining minister will travel to the Latin American country in July and plans to meet with his counterpart in Santiago.
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