As pressure mounts on miners to deliver critical minerals faster and cleaner, technologies that boost efficiency while ...

Indigenous communities are in talks with Codelco and SQM to gain more influence over plans to increase lithium extraction.

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% ...

China has struck a defiant stance in response to American concerns about Beijing's efforts to expand its influence in the ...

Chile's Indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with two ... buyers that are increasingly focused on ethical mining to meet shareholder demands, and help avert ...

Most Atacama tourists are drawn to the north of the desert, to San Pedro de Atacama ... A man who brings together the worlds of mining and food, Fidel Arcancibia began working below ground ...

Stretching 1,200 kilometres, the Atacama Desert is squashed between the Andes ... A man who brings together the worlds of mining and food, Fidel Arcancibia began working below ground at the ...

Chile's indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with Codelco ... buyers that are increasingly focused on ethical mining to meet shareholder demands, and help avert ...

In April 2023, Chile shook things up. It plans to nationalize lithium. The goal is more control over this key metal. The state will team up with private firms. But state companies will hold the reins.

Standing in the middle of the Atacama Desert, it’s easy to feel like the only person on Earth. The region is isolated and one of the driest regions in the world. Drier deserts can only be found ...

Codelco and SQM propose unprecedented governance model with Indigenous input Potential agreement could enhance ethical mining appeal ... in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with ...