Tag: Codelco

• Thursday, December 28th 2023 - 09:04 UTC

  Chile's state-owned Codelco strikes deal with SQP for lithium extraction

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Wednesday celebrated a new agreement between the state-owned National Copper Corporation (Codelco) and Sociedad Química y Minera (SQM) to create a public-private partnership to exploit the country's lithium, with the state as the main shareholder, it was reported in Santiago.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Chile: Leading copper producer reports 10.4% drop in output

  

  Chile's state-owned copper producer Codelco reported Friday a 10.4 % decrease in output in the first three quarters of 2022.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Chile's largest copper producer will construct a one billion dollars desalinization plant

  

  Codelco, the world's largest copper producer announced that it will begin construction on a long-delayed US$1 billion desalination plant this year to supply its largest operations in northern Chile.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Chilean miners lift strike after agreement with Codelco

  

  Chilean copper mine workers have agreed to lift their strike after reaching an agreement with the state-owned Chilean National Copper Corporation (Codelco), it was announced Thursday.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  Chile's Codelco, world's largest copper producer reports profits are back

  

  Chile's State-owned miner Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, on Friday reported a 86% increase in its profit for the first nine months of the year on Friday, to US$1,124 billion, amid an increase in production.

• Tuesday, July 7th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  Chilean copper industry halts expansion to slow the spread of coronavirus among miners

  

  Chile's Codelco has halted work on a multibillion-dollar project to extend the life of its El Teniente mine as the copper producer strives to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease through its workforce, the state-owned mining company said.

• Friday, June 26th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Chile suspends copper refinery and foundry at giant mine following Covid-19 19 deaths

  

  Chilean copper miner Codelco said on Thursday it was suspending refinery and foundry operations at its sprawling Chuquicamata division to prevent further spread of the new coronavirus.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  Chile spurring lithium mining: copper giant Codelco joins the exploration

  

  Chile state miner Codelco filed with regulators on Friday a plan to begin exploration for lithium in its Maricunga salt flat holdings, a key step in advancing development of the country's second richest deposit of the metal needed for batteries.

• Saturday, July 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Chilean congress will have tighter oversight of copper funding of armed forces

  

  Chilean lawmakers passed a measure this week abolishing an antiquated, decades-old law under which state-run Codelco, the world’s largest copper miner, helped foot the bill for the country’s military.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Chilean copper miners on the verge of strike as of Friday

  

  More than 3,200 workers at Chile's huge Chuquicamata copper mine plan to go on strike this week after union-management talks broke down, state-run miner Codelco - the world's largest copper producer - said on Wednesday.