In the cold seas off Chile's arid northern coast an underwater forest teems with life. Towers of red and green seaweed float ...

PAPOSO, Chile (Reuters) -In the cold seas off Chile's arid northern coast an underwater forest teems with life. Towers of red ...

New report finds Canada needs to ramp up production of critical minerals or risk a shortage. To get there, it recommends ...

Mining, with its complex effluent streams and evolving compliance requirements, presents a robust growth vertical for ferric ...

Water is a critical input in mining, used to process ores, suppress dust and cool equipment – but in Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, fresh water is scarce and heavily ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile's state-run mining body ENAMI has tapped Rio Tinto for a 51% share of the Altoandinos lithium project, it said on Thursday, giving the global miner its second major ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile's Codelco will partner with global mining giant Rio Tinto for its new Maricunga lithium project, the state miner said on Monday, bringing a major new player into the ...

Chinese automaker BYD and metals group Tsingshan are backing out of multi-million dollar plans to build lithium cathode plants in Chile, the country's economic development agency said on Wednesday.

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are racing to protect already scarce water supplies and their way of life.

In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile ... transporting lithium-laden brine extracted from underground wells to a network of evaporation ponds.

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — At the top of a craggy path in ... represent the Indigenous Lickanantay people's resistance to the lithium mining that many say is tearing their communities apart.