Fabian Cambero

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 in the world's second-largest producer of the EV battery metal.

Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, will focus on more public-private partnerships to buoy finances and improve its capacity to develop new projects amid efforts to boost production, CFO Alejandro Sanhueza told Reuters on Wednesday.

A dozen Latin American countries are collaborating to launch Latam-GPT in September, the first large artificial intelligence language model trained to understand the region's diverse cultures and linguistic nuances, Chilean officials said on Tuesday.

Chile's economic activity rose 3.2% in May when compared to a year earlier driven by a strong performance of its key mining sector, but still landed below market forecasts, central bank data showed on Tuesday.

Chile's congress approved long-awaited legislation to speed up the permitting process for investment projects in the country on Tuesday.

World's top copper producer Chile in wait-and-see mode after Trump tariff bombshell

Trump said on Tuesday he would soon announce a 50% tariff on copper imports.

Chilean copper miner Antofagasta sees opportunity for its stalled copper project in the U.S. following President Donald Trump's move to impose 50% import tariffs on the metal, CEO Ivan Arriagada said on Thursday.

Chile expects U.S. copper tariffs to be discussed within broader U.S. trade talks in Washington this week, Finance Minister Mario Marcel said on Monday in an interview with local radio program Duna.

Copper giant Codelco has received approval from Chile's mining regulator to reopen a part of its flagship El Teniente mine, after more than a week of suspended operations following a deadly collapse that killed six workers, it said on Friday.