Chile’s Lithium Champion Now Wants Copper Too
SQM, the Chilean lithium giant, is exploring for copper with a US partner, a bid to diversify as lithium prices...
June 17, 2026Section
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The World’s Top Pulp Maker Wants to Sell You the Tissue Too
Suzano, the world's biggest pulp producer, sold record volumes and is moving up the value chain into branded tissue via...
June 17, 2026
The Mexican Cement Giant Rebuilding Around Fewer, Richer Markets
Cemex, the Mexican building-materials giant, has reshaped itself by selling far-flung assets to focus on the Americas and cut debt,...
June 17, 2026
Why Investors Treat This Copper Miner as a Bet on the Whole Economy
Grupo México copper output makes the miner a favorite hedge for investors betting on electrification, nearshoring and resilient Mexican demand.
June 17, 2026
São Paulo Is Now Latin America’s Data Center Capital
São Paulo data center growth leads Latin America, drawing hyperscalers with clean energy and connectivity as an AI-driven investment wave...
June 17, 2026
How Peru Picked a Fighter Jet, Then Tore Up the Deal and Switched
Peru chose Sweden's Gripen, then reversed to buy the American F-16 amid political chaos, a saga that captures the battle...
June 15, 2026
Colombia Bought a Swedish Fighter Jet With an American Engine
Colombia signed a $3.6bn deal for Sweden's Gripen fighter jet, but its American-made engine hands Washington quiet leverage over a...
June 15, 2026
Why It Took Argentina 40 Years to Buy a New Fighter Jet
Argentina finally bought new fighter jets after decades of a British veto rooted in the Falklands War, settling on ex-Danish...
June 15, 2026
São Paulo Now Outranks Florence as a World Culture Capital
A global survey ranks São Paulo among the world's ten best cities for art and culture, ahead of Florence and...
June 15, 2026