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Originally Published 5 months ago — by Reuters
All five workers trapped in the Codelco El Teniente copper mine in Chile have been found dead after a seismic-induced collapse, bringing the total death toll to six including one who died at the time of the incident.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Reuters
Chile plans to start talks with SQM over its lithium operations in the Atacama to convince the world's No. 2 lithium mining company to sign onto a state-led public-private model. The state miner Codelco will start talks over public-private lithium production "as soon as possible." The strategy includes a new national lithium company, which congress must approve, but the government believes Codelco has the "capacity to assume new challenges" as well as the "scale and know-how" to deal with lithium.