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Fiel photo: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the sworn-in ceremony of Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras CEO Magda Chambriard in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File photo
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New Petrobras CEO says president wants firm to boost national economy

RIO DE JANEIRO – The chief executive of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, Madga Chambriard, said the country’s president asked her to work toward...

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Caribbean Development Bank chief says ‘no time to waste’ on climate action

The Caribbean Development Bank's acting president called for immediate action to fund efforts to protect the region's coastlines and population from the growing...

Trucks from the Las Bambas mine circulate along the mining corridor between Sayhua and Ccapacmarca, near Ccapacmarca, Peru, January 19, 2022. Picture taken January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda
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Along Peru’s mining corridor, Big Copper faces a snarl of trucks

Surging copper prices have brought startling growth in the number of trucks carrying copper from illegal mines in Peru, jamming roads

FILE PHOTO: Brine pools of SQM lithium mine are pictured at the Atacama salt flat, in Antofagasta region, Chile, May 3, 2023. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
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Over 50 companies express interest in developing Chile lithium projects

Chile has more than two dozen salt flats that have yet to be fully explored.

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El Salvador reports 11 dead as heavy rains lash Central America

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Some 11 people have died in El Salvador due to torrential rains that have lashed Central America’s Pacific coast...

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Brazil environmental agency strike cutting oil output by 80K barrels per day: lobby

A partial strike by employees at Brazil's environmental agency, which approves oil licenses, is reducing the nation's oil output by some 80,000 barrels...

General view of Citgo Petroleum headquarters in Houston, Texas, U.S., January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
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Financial alliances build as Citgo share auction enters last mile

In the last mile of an unprecedented auction to pay up to $21.3 billion from past expropriations and debt defaults in Venezuela, a...

A Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicle is displayed next to a vertical smart farm at the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore (HMGICS) in Singapore June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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Chile lithium miner SQM reaches supply deal with Hyundai, Kia

Hyundai and Kia has done a deal with SQM for material necessary for EV batteries.

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows buildings and cars in Lima, Peru April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo
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Peru economy expands in April, highest growth in over 30 months

Peru's key mining and hydrocarbons sector has decreased, while agriculture and manufacturing is up.

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 17, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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Chile says Saudi mining minister to visit, lithium expected on agenda

Bandar Alkhorayef, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, at the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland,...

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