Freeport-McMoRan said it submitted a request for an environmental permit for a $7.5B expansion that would quadruple output at ...

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) stock falls ~5% as copper prices drop. Company files permit for $7.5B El Abra mine expansion that could quadruple output by 2033.

Lundin Mining to acquire additional 5% interest in the Caserones copper mine in Chile and a 30.9% stake in Los Helados ...

Court reversal keeps controversial mining project alive as Supreme Court now weighs final ruling on Dominga’s future.

Chile’s copper mining industry expects to use significantly more water in its operations by 2034, but seawater should ...

The United States is continuing efforts to secure supplies of critical minerals deemed vital to national security, including rhenium from Chile.

A pioneering accord meant to give Indigenous communities more of a say over lithium mining has left people in the Atacama desert divided like never before ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chilean copper giant Codelco has halted mining at its flagship El Teniente mine and postponed its quarterly results announcement as it continued efforts on Friday to reach five ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sinkhole that was exposed last week has doubled in size, at a mining zone close to Tierra Amarilla town, in Copiapo, Chile, ...