Chile launches Covid-19 Plan at Minera Los Pelambres
Ben Anson/The Santiago Times Staff COQUIMBO – In the midst of an increase in infections throughout the different countries of the world, the undersecretary of…
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Exploding cases of Covid-19 in Chilean copper mines, claim workers’ union
SANTIAGO – Unionized copper mine workers in Chile asked to be included in a dialogue between companies and the government to address the exploding coronavirus…
Chilean copper miners threaten strike over alarming increase in Covid-19 cases
SANTIAGO – Chilean copper miners’ unions called on Sunday for a re-evaluation of the operational continuity plans of the country’s biggest miners during what they…
Chile confirms first Codelco death from COVID-19
SANTIAGO – Chile’s Federation of Copper Workers (FTC) on Saturday reported the death of one its officials from coronavirus at the world’s largest copper miner,…
Workers at world’s largest open cast iron ore mine threatened by Covid-19 outbreak
BRASILIA – The Brazilian municipality of Parauapebas, in the state of Pará, which houses part of the Serra dos Carajás, where the largest open-cast iron…
ENAP: Chile’s oil company faces sanctions for hydro-fracking in Tierra del Fuego
SANTIAGO – Chile’s environmental regulator on Monday charged state oil company ENAP with improper fracking in Tierra del Fuego, a wild, largely unpopulated region at…
Russia eyeing controlling stake in Chile’s Atacama lithium project
SANTIAGO – Uranium One Group, a subsidiary of Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom, may buy a controlling stake in a lithium project in Chile’s Atacama…
Canadian mining giant insists with controversial gold project in Chilean Andes
SANTIAGO – Canadian mining company Barrick Gold said Monday it remains focused on resolving legal and environmental issues of its controversial Pascua-Lama gold project in…
Brazil arrests 8 Vale officials after dam collapse toll rises to 166
BRASILIA – Brazilian authorities arrested eight employees of mining giant Vale on Friday over a dam collapse at one of its mines three weeks ago…
Bolivia signs $2.3b deal with Chinese company to industrialize lithium
LIMA – Bolivia has selected the Chinese company Xinjiang Tbea Group as a “strategic partner” for the implementation of several of the lithium industrialization projects…