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Escalating Strains Between Brazilian Congress and Supreme Court Raise Alarms

(Analysis) In Brazil, tensions between Congress and the Supreme Court (STF) are escalating, drawing attention nationwide and beyond. Criticism has peaked, with Elon Musk calling...

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

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 batteries is expected to increase with the world's turn to...

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...

Chile considers changes to mining royalty bill

Chile has opened the door to further modifications to proposed tax increases on copper...

Goldman says lithium demand has fallen by less than...

Demand for lithium from China's automotive industry has fallen by less than half in recent months, according to Goldman...

Sigma Lithium commissions the first lithium plant in Brazil

Sigma Lithium Corp. has started a lithium production facility at its Brazil project, a key step in kicking off the first facility of its...

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...

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...

The closing of the Ventanas smelter marks a historic turn in Chile’s environmental policy

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Gabriel Boric, who is approaching four months in office,...

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 of the year the...