Chile an state-run mining company Codelco has reduced operations in response to government coronavirus measures.
News ID: 8777 Publish Date : 2020/03/19
Canada's Methanex, the world's largest producer of methanol, has idled its 850,000 t/yr Titan plant in Trinidad effective today and will idle its 800,000 t/yr Chile IV methanol plant effective 1 April, both for an indefinite period.
News ID: 8727 Publish Date : 2020/03/16
A power vacuum has opened up in natural gas-exporting Bolivia after longtime president Evo Morales resigned today.
News ID: 7357 Publish Date : 2019/11/10
Chile 's center-right government is rolling back an electricity rate increase as part of a package of extraordinary social measures aimed at quelling days of mass demonstrations, looting and infrastructure attacks.
News ID: 6893 Publish Date : 2019/10/23
Chile 's government is struggling to quell another day of violence and looting that have shaken Latin America's most stable economy.
News ID: 6801 Publish Date : 2019/10/20
Chile ’s Chemical and Mining Society (SQM), the world’s second largest lithium producer, has been hit by sustained weak prices for the metal used in batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs) and high tech electronics, with profits falling by 47.5% to $70.2 million in the second quarter, from $133.9 million a year earlier.
News ID: 6123 Publish Date : 2019/08/22
Canadian junior Los Andes Copper (TSX-V: LA) is moving forward with plans to build a 110,000 tonne per day operation, which it believes will be Chile ’s next major copper mine.
News ID: 6074 Publish Date : 2019/08/21
Government geologist Gino Casassa steps down from the helicopter and looks around in dismay.
News ID: 5937 Publish Date : 2019/08/15
Chile ’s Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, has signed a 10-year loan agreement with Export Development Canada, the country’s export credit agency, which will allow the state-owned miner to access $300 million to finance an ambitious overhaul of its aging mines.
News ID: 5868 Publish Date : 2019/08/12
LATAM Airlines Group has reportedly launched an on-board recycling scheme called ‘Recycle Your Journey’. Through this scheme, waste from Mercado LATAM will be recycled on all domestic flights in Chile , separating aluminium, glass, and plastic.
News ID: 5565 Publish Date : 2019/07/29
Chile an copper miner Antofagasta Plc (LON:ANTO) reported an almost 22% increase in copper output in the three months to June 30, thanks mostly to an expansion at its flagship Los Pelambres mine and better ore grades at Centinela, both in Chile .
News ID: 5453 Publish Date : 2019/07/24
Vancouver-based Aftermath Silver’s (TSX: AAG.H) stock was up over 20% Friday, after it announced it is increasing its non-brokered private placement from 18.7 million units to up to 25 million units at a price of C$0.08 cents per share.
News ID: 5378 Publish Date : 2019/07/22
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