Tighter supplies to create tailwind for copper pricesCopper prices on the LME on Friday headed towards four-month highs.Reuters | December 11, 2023 | 6:45 am
First Quantum requests end of blockades to Cobre Panamá copper mineOngoing blockades have prevented the miner from receiving the supplies…Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 10, 2023 | 11:46 am
Glencore deploys autonomous trucks at Lomas Bayas copper mineThrough its Lomas Lab, Glencore introduced four autonomous trucks at…Staff Writer | December 10, 2023 | 8:53 am
Panama president says First Quantum talks in ‘final stretch’ "There is only one point that is currently pending and we hope it will be resolved as soon as possible", he said. Reuters | March 3, 2023 | 6:22 pm
Column: Automakers rush in where miners fear to tread It's a useful reminder that going upstream can be a high-risk business for even the biggest automotive companies. Reuters | March 3, 2023 | 7:57 am
First Quantum losing $8 million a day on Cobre Panama halt The miner's local unit warned of "exponential and irreparable" damage to the company and stakeholders, including the workforce. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 3, 2023 | 3:57 am
Chile copper production up 2.9% in January – Cochilco Production from state-owned giant Codelco jumped 5.1% on a yearly basis to 127,000 tonnes. Reuters | March 2, 2023 | 2:20 pm
Vale to turn Amazon mining waste into high-grade iron ore The company has started extracting scrap that had been dumped at a tailings dam at Carajas in northern Brazil since 1985. Bloomberg News | March 2, 2023 | 2:14 pm
Tesla lobbying to secure lithium from Chile — report Tesla executives held talks with the ministers of foreign affairs and mining, as well as with the leader of the development agency Corfo. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2023 | 6:53 am
SQM to spend $3.4 billion by 2025 as profit tripled The world’s second-largest lithium miner's net income hit $3.9 billion in 2022, compared $585.5 million the previous year. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2023 | 3:44 am
Denarius resource supports restart of 230-year-old Colombian gold mine The company plans to restart production this year from the former Independencia mine dating to 1793. Staff Writer | March 1, 2023 | 10:20 am
Advance Lithium in joint venture talks with Mexico’s national lithium company Advance Lithium has a group of lithium and potassium salars/salt lakes in central Mexico. Staff Writer | March 1, 2023 | 10:12 am