SYDNEY -- Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto will invest $900 million in a joint venture with Chilean state-owned ...

Lickanantay Indigenous communities in Chile's Atacama Desert are negotiating with mining giants Codelco and SQM to secure a historic governance role in lithium extraction, which accounts for 25% ...

As night falls in Chile's Atacama desert, the world's driest, a drilling machine extracts brine to measure levels of lithium -- a crucial mineral for the global switch to cleaner energy ...

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However, the deal must receive approval from the Chinese regulator and Tianqi Lithium Corp. as a shareholder of SQM, who challenges the deal in court and demands that the issue be put to the ...

Chile’s government claims to be making big moves to decarbonize the mining sector. What actions has it been taking? Chile is ...

The JV, Rio Tinto said, will develop and operate a high-grade lithium project in the Salar de Maricunga in Chile. "The agreement is the next step in a broader strategic partnership to strengthen both ...

The Maricunga salt flat in northern Chile is second only to the Atacama salt flat on Chile's border with Bolivia in terms of its concentration of lithium in brine. Codelco, the world's biggest ...

A hydrogel-based water-harvesting device can pull water from air in the Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth.

A small team of engineers from the U.S., Chile and Ireland has found a way to extract more water from drier air, allowing for ...

The clarity of Chilean skies in the Atacama Desert may be in jeopardy given a ... may buy a controlling stake in a lithium project in Chile’s Atacama salt flat from Wealth Minerals Ltd, the ...