Falabella and Cencosud Headcount Falls by About 5,000 in the First Half of 2026
Falabella and Cencosud shed about 5,000 jobs between them in the first half of 2026, a quiet workforce contraction across...
August 13, 2026Section
Chile News in English
Chile news in English from The Rio Times — Santiago politics, economy, copper markets and culture.
Arauco Returns to Profit as Copec Backs Its US$4.6 Billion Sucuriú Mill
Arauco swung back to profit in the first half of 2026 as parent Copec committed up to US$450 million to...
August 13, 2026
Antofagasta Minerals Bets Over US$7 Billion on Copper Without Continental Water
Antofagasta Minerals is committing more than US$7 billion to copper projects that run on desalinated seawater instead of continental fresh...
August 13, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso
Chile stocks fell on Wednesday: the S&P IPSA lost 1.31% to 10,983 and the peso slipped to 914.82 per dollar....
August 13, 2026
Copper’s Record Run Hands Chile a Windfall as Cochilco Lifts Its Forecast
Chile's Cochilco raised its 2026 copper price forecast to US$5.95 a pound as prices hit records, handing copper-dependent Chile a...
August 12, 2026
India Turns to Latin America for Lithium to Escape China’s Grip
The real prize isn’t just digging ore out of the ground. It’s who controls the refining and processing that turns...
August 12, 2026
Chile’s Casino Auction Flops as Two Cities Draw Zero Bidders
Chile’s casino-license tenders fell flat: Viña del Mar and Iquique drew no bidders and Coquimbo and Pucón just one each,...
August 12, 2026
Penco Residents Go to Court to Stop a Rare-Earths Plant
Community groups in Penco, Chile, are suing to overturn the environmental permit for Aclara’s rare-earths project, arguing regulators ignored pollution
August 12, 2026
A Chilean Court Hands Interchile a Win Over the Environmental Regulator
Chile’s environmental tribunal annulled two regulator decisions against Interchile’s Cardones-Polpaico power line, ordering the SMA to reconsider the
August 12, 2026