Strong showing for Ecuador’s Perez signals backlash against mining industry

Illegal extraction of gold and other metals and their subsequent smuggling to foreign markets is seen by many as a way to navigate the current crisis.

Australian lithium producer Galaxy Resources said it was evaluating “strategic options” for its project in Argentina, which remains in the feasibility stage.

The protesters say the running water that they receive from local rivers has been declared unfit for human consumption.

What the bears seem to have in common is the belief that a rush of new lithium supply will soon hit the market.

Martín Vizcarra said that he was in favour of promoting mining development in his country.

Pan American Silver management has engaged with the protesters in a mediation process.

Antofagasta’s First Environmental Tribunal decided to reverse a decision that forbade the Dominga copper and iron ore project from going forward.

Ecuadorian officials have held talks with several foreign companies about the possibility of building a copper refinery.

If China’s Tianqi grabs a stake in Chile’s SQM, the world’s lowest cost lithium miner, it would mean the top three producers would control at least 80% of the total market, Chile’s government has said.