Codelco has lost US$1.78 billion in smelting and refining over the past four years
A Codelco report breaks down the results of its smelting and refining business between 2022 and 2025, revealing the difficult … Read More
Chile’s copper production will end 2026 at its lowest level in 23 years, with the industry expecting a rebound from 2027
The decline in Chile’s copper production was reaffirmed—with some nuances—in reports from Antofagasta Minerals, BHP and Anglo American. Low ore … Read More
Finance Ministry forecasts a sharp mining decline, while the market sees GDP growth in 2026 becoming “more challenging”
Mining production could fall by 9% or even 10%, Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz says. For Chile’s economy to end the … Read More
Why Chile’s copper output is sinking despite booming demand
The world is hungrier than ever for copper, a key ingredient in green energy and the data centers that power … Read More
Escondida on the brink: the vote that could shake Chilean copper
Negotiations at the world’s largest copper mine took a last-minute turn. After rejecting Escondida’s offer on Tuesday, Supervisors and Staff … Read More
Op-Ed: AI will not just add copper demand. It could change who sets the price
By Juan Carlos Guajardo, Founder and Executive Director of Plusmining. Most discussions of artificial intelligence (AI) and copper focus on … Read More
Juan Carlos Guajardo: copper supply will remain tight until the end of the decade
The holder of a PhD in International Economics and Development warned that there are no clear signs of a significant … Read More
Codelco investigates irregularities that may have inflated its copper production
Codelco is investigating indications that copper production may have been counted twice in 2024 and 2025, raising fresh questions about … Read More
Juan Carlos Guajardo on the mining sector’s impact on the IMACEC – Value Chain
Juan Carlos Guajardo, Executive Director of Plusmining, was interviewed by Catalina Edwards on the Radio13C program Cadena de Valor. During … Read More
Latin America mining risks carry $54B price tag
Above-ground risks have cost or stalled more than $54 billion in Latin American mining since 2018, highlighting how permitting, community … Read More
Escondida Supervisors’ Union on CLP 23.5 million bonus offer: “We must reject it and vote to strike”
“If we go on strike, Escondida will come to a standstill; it cannot operate,” says Alexis Barrera, president of Supervisors … Read More
What the market Is starting to focus on: traceability and carbon footprint in Chilean mining
By Bastián Del Mauro, analista de Mercado de Commodities Minerales de Plusmining y adherente de Compromiso Minero. Those of us … Read More
Price Volatility and Supply Shortages Set to Shape the International Copper Market
Copper retreated from its all-time high this week, pressured by uncertainty over tariffs and the increase in U.S. interest rates. … Read More
We are not fully capitalizing on the high price of copper
In the Mining Outlook segment of Más Que Números, we spoke with Juan Carlos Guajardo, Executive Director of Plusmining, about … Read More
The real bottleneck for Chilean copper
By Juan Carlos Guajardo, Director Ejecutivo de Plusmining. Chile is facing a mining paradox. Copper prices have reached exceptionally high … Read More
Six networks: The plan ushering in a new era for Chinese copper demand
Framed within the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030), the initiative is associated with an estimated US$3.8 trillion in investment alongside related … Read More
Government to capitalize Codelco with 100% of its profits
Experts believe the measure is “fantastic,” although it was “probably inevitable” given the state-owned company’s situation. Miners’ Day was the … Read More
Copper surges and hits a new all-time high.
Interview with Juan Carlos Guajardo on CNN’s Agenda Económica. Source: CNN Chile