Vale expects to raise $1.5 bln from asset sale in Brazil

Last week, consulting firm Russell Reynolds delivered a list of 15 potential successors for Eduardo Bartolomeo.

Investment gives Assore International a 14.99% non-diluted stake in the Canadian copper company, which owns the namesake project in Chile.

Chile's financial regulator had allowed a planned lithium joint venture between SQM and Codelco to proceed without a vote by SQM shareholders.

Apolo is seen as critical for reviving the company’s iron ore capacity in Minas Gerais.