Lithium: Five key points in the agreement between Codelco and SQM
State-owned mining company Codelco will have a majority stake in the new venture to exploit the largest lithium deposit in Chile until 2060. During the first period, SQM will be responsible ...
Tesla prepares to arrive in Chile
This is the first financial move by the parent company, which has already led Tesla’s incursion into several markets.
Quebrada Blanca: Teck unveils its largest mining project in Chile
The operation includes a mine area featuring a concentrator plant with a 140,000-ton daily production capacity, extensive utility infrastructure, coastal port facilities and a water desalina...
Chile aims to become the world’s second-largest cobalt producer
The ANID scientific and environmental project awarded to Universidad Andrés Bello and Universidad de Chile aims to produce 15,000 tons of ‘blue gold’ annually.
Exchange program to China: Lithium industry immersion for Chileans
The initiative developed by Fundación Encuentros del Futuro and Tianqi Lithium’s «We Share» fund will provide training to postgraduate students at Chinese companies and universities for one ...
Four key facts about the new mining royalty in Chile
President Gabriel Boric enacted a law that provides millions of dollars in funding for development outside Santiago.
Progress made in BYD project for Chilean lithium processing plant
The Chinese giant will send engineers to our country to choose the location for a development that would cost $290 million.
Codelco will lead lithium negotiations in the Atacama Salt Flat
Chilean economic development agency Corfo’s executive vice-president delivered a document to the chairman of Codelco which formalizes the state-owned copper mining company’s role as the Stat...
Lithium: 46 firms from 12 countries have already met with InvestChile
Foreign companies have shown great interest in participating in the different links of the mineral’s value chain in Chile during meetings with the agency.
Eight key points in Chile’s new National Lithium Strategy
“The challenge is for our country to become the world’s main lithium producer, thus increasing its wealth and development,” said the President of Chile, Gabriel Boric.