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Report: Key economic and regulatory factors affecting the cost of desalinated water in Chile
The use of desalinated water in copper mining is no longer an option, but rather a structural factor for operations in the driest desert in the world, where currently 41% of the sector’s water demand is supplied by seawater. Leer más
The strategic role that one of the copper by-products is taking
Molybdenum can replace tungsten in some uses, whose production chain is dominated by China. By Catalina Muñoz-Kappes Few people intentionally … Read More
“If Chile Fails to Act”: Bloomberg warns Codelco could miss out on the copper boom
By Fernando López The internal Codelco report released yesterday has sparked a wide range of reactions. However, its findings came … Read More
A Once-Great copper miner faces a reckoning just as aI power demand soars
Chile’s Codelco, facing scrutiny for a fatal accident and inflated production figures, is struggling under $25 billion of debt. By … Read More
Chile reviews Codelco´s future amid global copper demand boom
The Chilean state-owned miner faces US$25 billion in debt and its lowest copper output in 28 years. As global copper … Read More
Op-Ed: Molybdenum and the geopolitics of substitution
By Juan Carlos Guajardo, Director Ejecutivo de Plusmining. Molybdenum’s recent price strength should not be read simply as another by-product … Read More
Op-Ed: Brazil’s rare earth dilemma: strategic autonomy or another raw-material export cycle?
Brazil has one of the world’s largest rare earth resource bases. But in critical minerals, geology is not power. Power … Read More