Chile Copper Strike Begins at Centinela Mine
About 709 Centinela miners in Chile began a legal strike on 7 October after mediation failed. What was offered and...
October 7, 2026Topic
Copper
Chile Exports Top US$10 Billion in September
Chile's exports hit US$10.58 billion in September, up about 14%, and reach US$93.8 billion in nine months. Copper shipments were...
October 7, 2026
Chile’s Copper Bet Faces an AI Reversal Risk in 2026
An AI boom reversal could cut copper and lithium demand, hitting Chile's exports, fiscal revenue and US-listed miners as of...
October 5, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — October 2, 2026
Chile's IPSA fell 0.56% and the peso hit its weakest since April 2025 at 986 per dollar, pressured by a...
October 2, 2026
Copper Falls in Base-Metals Selloff; Chile Risks Linger
Copper slipped on Thursday, October 1, 2026, as base metals fell in thin holiday trade, despite strike votes at Chile's...
October 2, 2026
Lusaka street vendors defy deadline in Zambia’s capital
Vendors in Zambia's capital ignored a 29 September eviction deadline, as the country declared a new cholera outbreak with 11...
October 1, 2026
Zambia IMF Talks Open on New Loan After Debt Default
Zambia, Africa's No. 2 copper producer, has opened talks on a new IMF loan after its US$1.7 billion programme expired....
October 1, 2026
Copper Tracker Rises 0.6% as Chile Strike Risk Offsets Firm Dollar
Copper price split on Tuesday: CPER rose 0.63% to US$39.93 on a Chile strike vote at Centinela, while London copper...
September 30, 2026
Zambia Tells UAE Investors Inflation Kept Falling Through Its Election
Zambia's president told Abu Dhabi investors inflation kept falling through the August vote, to an eight-year low, as US$2.1 billion...
September 30, 2026