Anglo, Codelco seal pact to unlock $5B in copper
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) and Chilean state-owned miner Codelco have finalized a landmark agreement to combine development plans at their neighbouring Los Bronces and Andina…
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Codelco fires executive after audit points to 27-year output low
Codelco fired an executive and disciplined several others after an internal audit found the world’s biggest copper miner overstated part of its 2025 output, implying…
Chile’s right-wing pivot puts mining policy under microscope
Chile is entering a new political phase as a right-wing government prepares to take office, putting mining policy under renewed scrutiny in the world’s largest…
Chile funds lithium, rare earth tech
Chile’s state-owned development agency Corfo has awarded up to $5.8 million to two research projects focused on direct lithium extraction (DLE) and rare earth recovery…
Ecuador sets 2026 tender for $3B Llurimagua
Ecuador plans a 2026 tender for Llurimagua as copper M&A accelerates and past JV disputes shape the project’s next phase.
Copper tops $5 per lb as 2026 talks, policy risk harden
Copper traded around $5 per lb. ($11,000 per tonne) on Friday as industry participants warned that 2026 contract negotiations could be the toughest in years,…
Fitch lifts 2025 copper price forecast
Fitch Solutions’ Business Monitor International (BMI) has raised its 2025 average copper price forecast to $9,650 per tonne, up from $9,500 previously, as persistent supply…
Codelco fast-tracks automation after deadly collapse
Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco is to fast-track automation at its El Teniente mine after a deadly collapse killed six workers, in what became Chile’s…
Quake kills six at Codelco copper mine in Chile
Codelco says all of the five workers trapped at one of the world’s largest underground copper mines have been pronounced dead plus another who died…
Rescuers still can’t reach Chile copper mine fall
Emergency teams still haven’t reached an earthquake-triggered copper mine collapse in Chile that killed one worker and left five others missing, according to state-run mining…
Chile election puts mining sector’s future on the line
On November 16, Chileans will head to the polls to elect their next president, who will govern until 2030 – and in doing so, set…
OPEC-style lithium cartel now unlikely, analyst says
The odds of Latin America’s three lithium powers banding together to form a production cartel have almost evaporated due to contrasting economic models, a leading…