The approval ensures future production and commercialisation once the current SQM Salar contract ends in 2030.

The Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission signed off on a proposal that clears the way for a major lithium expansion over the ...

Codelco says it is on track to finalize a landmark deal with SQM well before the next government takes office next year.

The Chilean Congress has approved legislation to accelerate the permitting process for investment projects, a move that will significantly benefit the country's mining industry and renewable energy ...

Chile's State-run copper producer Codelco said on Tuesday it has secured regulatory approval for a new lithium quota, ...

Chilean state-owned copper mining company Codelco has bought a 10% stake in the Quebrada Blanca mine in northern Chile from the National Mining Company (Enami). The transaction, valued at $520m ...

Chile's state-owned Codelco, the world's top copper miner, expects to gradually restart operations at some of its mining projects on Monday, following the death of two workers earlier this month ...

A huge fully electric-powered 14-ton loading shovel has begun operating at Chile's century-old El Teniente copper mine, in what state miner Codelco (COBRE.UL) said on Wednesday was a first for ...

Chile’s state-owned copper company Codelco said it was temporarily suspending operations at its Ministro Hales mine division because of protests by contract workers.

Chile's Codelco, the world's top copper miner, said on Friday its Chuquicamata mine was fully operational following a two-week long strike that had docked output from the sprawling deposit.

In this Sept. 25, 2012 photo, a drilled tunnel crosses under the Chuquicamata copper mine in the Atacama desert in northern Chile. Experts say that by 2019 the Chuquicamata copper mine will be ...