The Mexican Senate approved a new mining law that the mining chamber and Canada rebuked.

Their ancestral land overlaps with an area where a Canadian company wants to build a potash mine.

The mine is one of several potential projects which the government hopes will end Brazil's almost complete reliance on imports of the material.

JP Morgan sees global copper mine production rising by 2.6% in 2023.

The metal has lost almost 17% in April and briefly dipped below $100 a tonne earlier this week.

While it was well-telegraphed, Chile’s new model for lithium still surprised many investors.

The world's second largest copper producer, Peru has a lithium exploration project in the region of Puno, on the border with Bolivia.