The fiscal reform approved last year prevented oil and coal producers from deducting royalty payments from their corporate tax liability.

SQM said its third-quarter net earnings fell 56.4%, dragged down by falling lithium prices.

Gold output from Salares Norte in December is expected at about 1,000 ounces.

The miner reported revenue of $97 million in Q3, marking the company’s first revenue-generating quarter.

Ruling paves the way for American Lithium to open the Falchani mine, Peru’s first lithium operation, in 2027.

How First Quantum’s $10 billion copper mine went from promised economic boom to cause of mass popular unrest is a story peculiar to Panama but one that has a moral for the global mining industry.

The global energy transition may be eclipsed by a critical minerals supply-demand imbalance — unless alternatives are found, experts say.