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FILE PHOTO: Fernanda Jerez, a Chuquicamata copper mine underground mining project worker, poses for a picture, in Calama, Chile, February 6, 2024. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza/File Photo
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Analysis: Codelco workers fear copper production push hard to maintain

The company is targeting annual production of 1.7 million metric tons by the end of the decade.

FILE PHOTO: An environmental activist holds a sign reading 'Not to Dominga' before Chile's committee of ministers denied permits for Andes Iron?s Dominga copper and iron mining project, in Santiago, Chile, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
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Chile rejects environmental permit for Dominga copper and iron mine

Chile rejected an environmental permit for Andes Iron's controversial $2.5 billion Dominga iron and copper mining project on Wednesday.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, is seen at their headquarters in downtown Santiago, Chile March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
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Copper output at Chile’s Codelco rose to 1.328 million tons in 2024, document shows

Codelco's 2024 copper output hit 1.328M tons, slightly above 2023, despite challenges like declining ore grades and project issues.

FILE PHOTO: A worker walks near a drill rig in a pit at Anglo American's Los Bronces copper mine in Chile, obtained by Reuters on April 26, 2024.  Anglo American/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Chile files four environmental charges against Anglo American mine

Los Bronces is one of Chile's biggest copper mines with output of 255,000 metric tons last year, as well as a key project...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, is seen at their headquarters in downtown Santiago, Chile March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
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Chile’s Codelco boosts copper output in final dash to meet 2024 target, sources say

Codelco is ramping up copper output to meet 2024 targets after a weak first half, aiming for 1.331M tons, sources reveal.

FILE PHOTO: Chile's Mining Minister Aurora Williams poses for a portrait during an interview with Reuters in Santiago, Chile, April 18, 2024. Reuters/Pablo Sanhueza/File Photo
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Chile selects six sites for private lithium projects

SANTIAGO — Chile’s government has selected six priority areas for new lithium extraction projects to be led by private companies, the South American...

FILE PHOTO: A brine pool reflects clouds at a lithium mine in the Atacama salt flat, close to San Pedro de Atacama area, Antofagasta region, Chile May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
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Lithium mining is slowly sinking Chile’s Atacama salt flat, study shows

Scientific study of satellite data shows Atacama salt flat sinking in areas heavily used for pumping by lithium miners.

FILE PHOTO: Ricardo Repenning, 'Reborn Motor' co-founder, shows an electric component of one of their electric buses, which are used by Codelco's El Teniente copper mine, at their buses assembly plant, in Rancagua, Chile July 31, 2024. REUTERS/Fabian Cambero/File Photo
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Copper giant Codelco invests in EVs, cacti as part of green makeover

Chilean mining company Codelco's sustainability gets a boost after global clients push for greener credentials in the copper industry.

FILE PHOTO: Workers from BHP's Escondida copper mine, camp close to 'Coloso' port owned by the copper company, strike in Antofagasta, Chile August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Cristian Rudolffi/File Photo
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Analysis: BHP’s quick strike fix sets tone for labor talks amid copper rally

Quick turnaround in workers' dispute helped BHP avoid the damaging effects of a 2017 walk-out, at a time when copper is in high...

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows workers on strike from BHP's Escondida copper mine, camping close to 'Coloso' port owned by the copper company, in Antofagasta, Chile August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Cristian Rudolffi/File Photo
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BHP defuses Escondida copper mine strike with sweetened wage offer

Global mining giant BHP has reached an agreement with a striking union at its massive Escondida copper mine in Chile

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