Mexico's proposed mining reforms could affect Canadian investment in Mexico's mining sector, Mary Ng said.

At the end of the day, companies’ strategic decisions must be aligned with national interests, says Economy Minister Nicolas Grau.

The world's largest producer of lithium wants to grow in Chile and in the Atacama salt flat with new technologies.

Projects like Southern Copper’s Michiquillay, Newmont’s Conga and Galeno, owned by a subsidiary of China Minmetals Corp., could be unlocked with a joint venture or common infrastructure.

The hunt for gold has attracted wildcat prospectors who have destroyed forests.

The company is “convinced” that its technology and experience “will make it possible to reach reasonable agreements in the interest of the Chilean state.

The country nationalized its copper sector in 1971, provoking international outrage, particularly in the United States.

Capital needed to achieve results in line with the firm's environmental sustainability goals, which it said also align with the government's lithium strategy.