Chile’s decades-old mining deals may hinder bid to lift copper royalties
With copper prices soaring and Chile’s economy reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers want to fund recovery efforts by hiking … Read More
Union walks off job at BHP’s Escondida, Spence copper mines in Chile
A union of remote workers for BHP’s Escondida and Spence copper mines in Chile walked off the job early on … Read More
Analysis: In world’s top copper region political risk rises
In South America’s copper-rich Andes political risk is rising as high poverty and debt levels amid the COVID-19 pandemic drive … Read More
Explainer: How Chile is rewriting its Pinochet-era constitution
Chile will pen a new constitution to replace its magna carta from the era of dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is … Read More
Hidden costs of maintaining production in pandemic begin to emerge in the copper industry Chile
The copper industry in Chile, the world’s largest producer, is nearing a turning point as the coronavirus expands in the … Read More