Teck will have the option to acquire an 80% interest in La Coipita by funding cumulative exploration expenditures of $20 million over a five-year period.

Tama Atacama is one of the largest lithium brine projects in South America, covering about 1,200km2 across three Chilean salt flats.

Timothy Foden, partner in international arbitration group at law firm Boies Schiller Flexner looks forward at legal challenges facing the mining industry.

Mexican authorities have located the remains of two of the 10 coal miners trapped and killed at the El Pinabete mine in August 2022.

Federal Police have joined the government's biodiversity conservation agency ICMBio on a series of recent operations to catch illegal gold miners.

SQM said it would partner with Codelco for the future development and production of lithium in the Atacama salt flat.

Maia discusses the company's ESG, safety and technology strategies.