South America’s lithium triangle is home to vast evaporation ponds that quietly produce lithium, often called white gold, ...

Chile's government said it is moving forward with a simplified process to award lithium contracts in three salt flats, the mining ministry said on Tuesday. The agency stated that it has accepted ...

Two reviews led to changes in 2016 on how tailings ponds are regulated, and the government says the proposed dam height increase — from 60 to 64 metres — meets or exceeds all requirements.

has released a new report that cites increasing underground seepage of contaminants from the mine’s tailings pond. The report comes as British Columbia regulators are considering the mine ...

CALGARY, ALBERTA – TheNewswire - April 9, 2025 – Lithium Chile Inc. (“Lithium Chile” or the “Company”), with reference to its prior new releases dated December 19, 2024, January 15 ...

A Canadian environmental nonprofit group, long critical of the Red Chris Mine in the northern watershed of the Stikine River, has released a new report that cites increasing underground seepage of ...

Chile's total lithium resources are 28% greater than previously estimated, according to new studies of salt flats in the northern Antofagasta region that show a higher amounts of the metal ...

Chile's Indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with two of the nation's biggest miners to gain more influence over plans to increase extraction of the battery metal ...

Chile's current lithium resources, primarily from Salar de Atacama, stand at 11mt, as per the United States Geological Survey. The Salares Altoandinos project, which also includes the Salar Grande ...

Indigenous communities in Chile’s Atacama Desert are negotiating with state miner Codelco and lithium giant SQM for greater involvement in the expansion of lithium extraction in their ancestral ...