Latin America Killings and prison torture raise alarms over gang crime in Chile 30-10-2024 13:45 Murders, violent crime and drug seizures have increased; Chile more than tripled spending since 2022 to meet threat.
Lithium in Latin America Giant lithium partnership created in Chile with Codelo-SQM deal 31-05-2024 18:37 Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco signed a deal Friday with SQM to nearly double the private mining firm’s current extraction of lithium.
MINING & INDUSTRY Copper frenzy draws mining giants to Argentina after Milei’s reforms 23-05-2024 00:01 Milei government tries to lure global mining heavyweights; President must convince companies that their projects are safe and lay down rules for doing business.
Editorial Hostages of fear 28-07-2023 21:41 Both a consensus approach and firm action are potentially valid avenues to a solution but both are also means towards ends and will depend entirely on their results – by themselves they are merely vapid campaign rhetoric.
BLOOMBERG - OPINION Eduardo Porter: LatAm’s new lithium bounty unearths old problem 08-05-2023 11:31 From Mexico to Chile, governments still haven’t cracked the code on how to leverage natural resources into sustained, broad-based prosperity.
BLOOMBERG Chile, one of the world’s lithium leaders, looks like a shakier source 28-04-2023 12:28 The state plans to take control in Chile, which boasts unmatched reserves of the battery metal.
Lithium in Latin America Peru sees lithium mining opportunity in Chile’s statist plan 28-04-2023 11:14 Peru seeking a more active role in trying to lure lithium mining investments in light of Chile’s decision to take state control of all new projects of battery metal.