The Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, alberto van klaverenpresented this Monday its new Feminist Foreign Policy (PEF), which places Chili at the forefront by becoming the first country in South America to implement this strategy. “Although the concept can generate doubts and even suspicions, the truth is that the basis of a feminist foreign policy […]
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France wants to partner with Chile in the exploitation of lithium
France expressed interest on Friday in partnering with Chili to exploit the lithiuma key mineral in the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles, and for this it offers technology that allows to reduce the consumption of water in the extraction process. “We are in Chile to talk (…) about the association that we can start […]
Chile redoubles efforts against death of marine fauna due to bird flu
On the white sands of Isla Damas, in the north of Chiliwhere tourists used to enjoy observing its rich faunatoday you only see sanitary brigades dressed in suits of biosecurity in search of dead animals. Fear of bird flu forced the closure of the Humboldt Penguin National Reservein the Coquimbo region, where Damas Island is […]
South Korea joins Chile and other countries in digital economy agreement
Three years since Chili sign the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement with New Zealand and Singapore, a new member country is added, South Korea. According to a note from Financial Diarywithin the framework of the ministerial meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) In Paris, the authorities involved announced the closure of negotiations […]
Chile and the keys to its new lithium and copper policy
The leftist government gabriel boricwhich seeks resources for its ambitious social programs in Chilioutlined a new mining policy that arouses special interest in the future of the lithiumalso called white gold, vital in the transition towards clean energy. Chile thus increased taxes on the exploitation of copper, a metal of which it is the world’s […]
Chile and France agree to promote investigations into the exploitation of copper and lithium
Chili and France signed this Thursday two memorandums of understanding to promote research projects for the “sustainable” exploitation of copper and lithiumagreements in which French companies and research centers meet with Chilean public actors. “Today we have finalized two agreements between French companies and the Government of France, with cochilco and ENAMI, who are going […]
Drop by drop, the colossal glaciers that Darwin admired on his southernmost journey disappear
Where before there were giants of icenow there are fjords: drop by drop, the southernmost ice field of South America speed up your thaw and it destroys some landscapes that were documented by a young Charles Darwin on his first trip to Tierra del Fuego in 1832 and that helped him spin his scientific theories. […]
Chile has dealt with 46 potential investors from 12 countries to exploit lithium
The government of Chili has dealt in recent months with 46 investors from 12 countries interested in exploiting the lithiumto which it has presented its “national strategy”, which seeks that the extraction of this crucial mineral for the energy transition generates added value. Is about “create a lithium industry that generates added value”stressed to EFE […]
Copper exports indicate that Chile is on a better path
Chile recorded a trade surplus of US$ 952 million in May amid a positive performance of shipments of copperthe Central Bank reported on Wednesday. In the fifth month of the year, the South American country exported a total of US$ 7,836 million, a drop of 10.8% compared to shipments in the same month of 2022. […]
The stages of the new Chilean constitutional process
With the installation of a 51-member council elected on May 7, the majority opposed to the left-wing government of gabriel boricbegins the decisive stage of the second attempt in the last two years to elaborate a new Constitution in Chili. A 61% of Chileans rejected a first initiative in September. The new proposal that will […]