Of the total number of requests for information, 53 were for 16 salt flats or saline lakes, while another 28 were for other types of deposits. Additionally, seven requests were for salt flats or areas excluded from this process.

Topics: Mining- Lithium

Mining Minister Aurora Williams highlighted the collaborative work between the ministries of Economy, Treasury and Foreign Affairs, and institutions such as the Chilean Economic Development Agency (CORFO) and InvestChile, “to promote the process in a transparent manner” both in Chile and abroad.

Topics: Mining- Lithium

The French company explains that its presence «provides geographical diversification to the Chilean lithium industry, whose current stakeholders only have links with the United States and China.»

Topics: Mining- Lithium

Treasury Minister Mario Marcel assured that it is necessary to increase production so that it remains profitable and attractive to manufacture lithium batteries.

Topics: Mining- Lithium

The government announced the deadlines for submitting proposals to develop one or more projects. The results of this process will be announced in July.

Topics: Mining- Lithium

The percentage of women in operation is more than double the national industry average. Moreover, women hold 40.8% of leadership positions.

Topics: Mining- Women- Best practices

The European group decided to increase the capital of its local subsidiary, Eramet Chile. A month earlier, the company had agreed to acquire the Siete Salares project in Chile for the same amount.

Topics: Mining- Lithium

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 for the operation.

Topics: Mining- Lithium

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 desalination plant.

Topics: Mining- Canadian investment

President Gabriel Boric enacted a law that provides millions of dollars in funding for development outside Santiago.

Topics: Mining- Royalty

The Chinese giant will send engineers to our country to choose the location for a development that would cost $290 million.

Topics: Mining- Lithium

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.

Topics: Foreign Investment- Mining- Lithium

“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.

Topics: Mining- Lithium

The Chinese giant was the first company selected after an evaluation process that began in November last year.

Topics: Mining- Lithium

The initiative, which is located in the Valparaíso Region, will produce 180 thousand tons of fine copper each year, with a useful life of 26 years.

Topics: Foreign Investment- Mining

The Canadian company, which has operations and projects in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Portugal, Sweden and United States, will invest US$1.1 billion in 2023. 

Topics: Mining

The Chilean mining sector uses social networks for around 88% of its purchases and sales, according to the 2022 Digital Transformation Index (DTI). 

Topics: Mining- Technology

The South American country is the world’s second largest lithium producer after Australia and holds approximately 45% of global reserves of this mineral, which means that new business opportunities will undoubtedly emerge over the coming years.  

Topics: Mining- Lithium

Linked to the Peruvian Hochschild group and listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, it would be one of the few operations to extract rare-earth elements outside of China.   

Topics: Mining- Electromobility

The agreement signed by the Spanish company includes the new expansion phase of the Minera Spence deposit, owned by BHP and located in the municipality of Sierra Gorda in Chile’s Antofagasta Region.

Topics: Mining- Infrastructure