Antofagasta, a city in northern Chile, has become the first in Latin America to meet 100% of its drinking water needs with ...

Chile’s government is readying legislation to unlock billions of dollars of investments by speeding up the approval process, ...

On an August morning in 1965, a New York scrap dealer shouted 34 cents a pound for copper. An hour later a telex from London ...

Rio Tinto operates as a vertically integrated mining company—managing the entire value chain from exploration and extraction ...

Chile's state-run mining body ENAMI has tapped Rio Tinto , for a 51% share of the Altoandinos lithium project, it said on ...

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO,NYSE:RIO,LSE:RIO)said on Monday (May 19) that it has signed binding agreements with Corporación Nacional ...

Chile needs to make greater regulatory and legal changes to boost investment, Alejandro Tapia, head of Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, said on Thursday at ChileDay investment conference in ...

A massive mineral deposit has been discovered in Argentina’s Andes mountains, representing the largest find of copper, gold, ...

Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm will step down later this year, ending a nearly five-year stint at the helm of the world's second-biggest miner, during which it sought to repair its ...

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX and BHP Group Limited BHP are two heavyweights in the copper mining industry. Both are navigating challenges such as fluctuating copper prices and global economic ...

A new estimate reveals Argentina's Filo del Sol copper deposit holds five times more metals than thought, sparking hopes and ...

Rio Tinto and Codelco formed a joint venture to develop a high-grade lithium project in Chile. Read why this partnership is ...