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Vale searches for copper in Peru with an eye on the demand for electric car batteries

By Mariana Durao and Marcelo Rochabrun Vale has been looking for new copper deposits in Peru, as demand for the metal used in electric car...

These minerals could boost Latin America’s economies

By Juan Pablo Álvarez Latin America is one of the poorest and most unequal regions on the planet, but it also has development potential that is currently untapped. And one of the areas that could drive...

Chile considers changes to mining royalty bill

Chile has opened the door to further modifications to proposed tax increases on copper producers, which could ease concerns that threaten to hold back...

Goldman says lithium demand has fallen by less than half in China

Demand for lithium from China's automotive industry has fallen by less than half in...

World’s biggest steelmaker seeks closer ties with Vale’s competitor

China Baowu Steel Group, the world's largest steelmaker, is seeking closer ties with iron ore miner Rio Tinto, the...

Chile: BHP reaches agreement with workers and avoids strike at Escondida mine

Chilean BHP company and the leaders of Union number 1 of the Escondida copper mine, the largest in the world, reached an agreement that...

Bolivian miners detonate dynamites and protest against pension administrator

The miners of the state-owned Huanuni Mining Company protest in La Paz by detonating sticks of dynamite against the...

Steel Barons: Who’s who in the Brazilian industry

Brazil is the ninth-largest steel producer in the world, with 14 manufacturing companies controlled by ten family and industrial...

Brazil can become a lithium production powerhouse, according to Sigma

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With the easing of foreign lithium trade, Brazil can...

Government of Chile hopes to define the model that the national lithium company will have, before the end of the year

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Chilean government hopes to have defined before the end...

Peru: Mining exports exceed US$9 billion between January and March 2022

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) of Peru indicated that, during the first...