The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the importance of securing supplies on a regional level and further strengthen western countries’ desire to end reliance on China.

The world’s no.1 copper producer will need to execute $35 billion in structural investments until 2030 just to keep output flat.

The union's secretary said that members would continue to hold demonstrations in Santiago.

The order comes after mega-mine Kamoa Kakula's debut.

Copper is a very long term business and is “extraordinarily strong,” the chief executive says.

Chile currently churns out 28% of the world's copper but has for more than a decade lost market share.

Rio has identified numerous targets during its two-plus years of exploration on the property.