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Chilean state-owned mining company Codelco said that a worker died in an accident on Friday afternoon at Radomiro Tomic copper mine in the country's north. The worker, a 30-year-old woman, was ...
Chilean miner SQM, the world's No. 2 lithium producer, reported a nearly five-fold rise in profits in the fourth quarter on Wednesday, driven by the surging price of the ultra-light metal that is ...
A tailings dam belonging to copper miner Las Cenizas in central Chile began overflowing overnight on June 13 due to heavy rains and put nearby water sources, including the La Ligua river at risk ...
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began on 5 August 2010, with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine, located in the Atacama Desert, 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of the regional capital of Copiapó, in northern Chile. 33 men were trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground and 5 kilometers (3 mi) from the mine's entrance and were rescued after ...
Northern Chile forms part of the Lithium Triangle with substantial reserves in the form of brine. The explosive growth in electric vehicles since 2015 has triggered increased demand. Chile is the main producer of lithium from brine. [13] Until 2017, when it was surpassed by Australia, Chile was the over-all main producer of lithium. [14]
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Location of the Los Pelambres and El Teniente copper mines in Chile. Los Pelambres mine is a copper mine located in the north-central of Chile in Coquimbo Region.It is one of the largest copper reserves in the world, having estimated reserves of 4.9 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.65% copper.
Top global copper producer Codelco reported on Friday a 50.4% drop in pre-tax profit to $2.606 billion for the period between January and September, hit by lower copper prices and decreased ...