The country of Chile owns the mining rights to the Atacama Salt Flat. The Chilean Economic Development Agency, or Corfo, manages the agreements and leases with private companies operating and ...

Global miner Rio Tinto will tackle one of the biggest technological challenges in the lithium industry as it takes the lead ...

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

Rio Tinto will pay up to $900mn for a near 50 per cent stake in Chile’s Maricunga lithium project, marking the biggest foreign investment in the sector since Santiago semi-nationalised its lithium ...

Mining companies are scrambling to get their ... The Maricunga salt flat in northern Chile is second only to the Atacama salt flat on Chile's border with Bolivia in terms of its concentration ...

Australian mining group Rio Tinto has announced a partnership with the Chilean state-owned mining company Codelco. The pair ...

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 sector ...