Workers demand investigation at Codelco over coronavirus deaths

The largely unregulated use of mercury has created a major worldwide environmental hazard.

Official figures contradict recent local reports showing that most copper miners in the country are barely breaking even at current metal prices.

Average annual precipitation at many of these mines is zero.

The company's co-founder James Moffett will step down as chairman and quit the board.

China is currently the top investor in the country's sector, pumping $19.2 billion into several copper, gold and silver projects.

Iron ore back above $40 on Tuesday, but Australia cuts official price forecast for 2016 to 20% below prediction made just three months ago.

The miner said current market conditions are not supportive of a private placement on terms the company would find acceptable.

The miner raised the death toll from the catastrophic dam burst at a mine in Brazil last month to 17 from 13 and said there are two people still missing.

Will commodities continue to “bump along the bottom” or is a recovery coming by mid-year? The jury is out.