The new strategy of respecting the right to protest while brokering lasting agreements may take longer, but it’s starting to bear fruit, Prime Minister Mirtha Vasquez said in an interview late Tuesday.

Magna notes that the Shakespeare project is permitted, and that the feasibility study will be released in the first quarter this year.

Ex-head of copper marketing, Nico Paraskevas, joined Open Mineral as a senior adviser after investing in the digital metals trading startup.

Extraction at BHP's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, fell by 11.6% year-on-year to 80,300 tonnes in November. In 2021 through November, the mine recorded a 14.5% drop.

The country's Constitutional Court upheld a lower court ruling cancelling the environmental permit for the Rio Magdalena project, which covers most of the Los Cedros natural reserve.

“China has been a primary source of demand for base metals since 2003, but we think this trend has started to come to an end,” economist says.

China's factory activity unexpectedly accelerated in December, according to an official survey released on Friday.