Mining

Sigma Lithium commissions the first lithium plant in Brazil

Sigma Lithium Corp. has started a lithium production facility in Brazil, a key step in kicking off the first lithium...

December 21, 2022

Chile: BHP reaches agreement with workers and avoids strike at Escondida mine

Chilean BHP and the leaders of Union number 1 of the Escondida copper mine, the largest in the world, reached...

November 28, 2022

Bolivian miners detonate dynamites and protest against pension administrator

Miners of the state-owned Huanuni Mining Company protest in La Paz by detonating sticks of dynamite against the Public Manager...

October 11, 2022

Steel Barons: Who’s who in the Brazilian industry

Brazil is the ninth-largest steel producer in the world, with 14 manufacturing companies controlled by ten family and industrial groups.

August 23, 2022

Brazil can become a lithium production powerhouse, according to Sigma

With the easing of foreign lithium trade, Brazil can become a power in the production of the mineral at a...

July 8, 2022

The closing of the Ventanas smelter marks a historic turn in Chile’s environmental policy

Chile's state copper company Codelco and the Government of Gabriel Boric put an end to years of poisoning episodes in...

June 28, 2022

Government of Chile hopes to define the model that the national lithium company will have, before the end of the year

Chilean government state lithium company will allow the participation of private capital, but the state will be the main shareholder

May 23, 2022

Peru: Mining exports exceed US$9 billion between January and March 2022

Peru indicated that during the first quarter of 2022, metallic and non-metallic mining exports reached the figure of US$9.579 billion

May 20, 2022

Argentina prepares a big leap with lithium: Experts assure that it will pull the rug from under Chile’s feet

Although Chile has larger lithium reserves, experts say that Argentina has more comparative advantages to position itself in the market

May 12, 2022