Talks at world’s top copper mine are heading for a tense finale

A report by the country's Geological Service released on Wednesday blamed mining by Braskem in the city of Maceio for damages to local real estate.

The world's largest producer of lithium has teased the industry for more than a year that it has production-enhancing technology.

The world's largest producer of lithium used to make electric vehicle batteries posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday.

The Canadian miner may soon make a decision about returning to long-term production in Chile.

The goal is for the sale process to be well advanced by mid-2020.

Chile exported lithium carbonate at an average price of $12,183 per tonne, 0.9% down from the same period a year earlier.

Cochilco said world top copper miner Codelco saw output drop 17 percent from the same period in 2018 to 371,000 tonnes.

Brazil shipped 18.34 million tonnes of iron ore in April, down 17% from the prior month and a massive 29% from the same month a year earlier.

The group action suit describes in detail a series of failures and errors of judgment over several years leading to the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in 2015, owned by the Samarco joint venture between BHP and Vale.