Venezuelan migrants undocumented, for more than a week they have been on the Line of Concord, the border between Peru and Chile, asking to enter our country to be able to return to Venezuela. The mayor of Arica, Gerardo Espíndola, expressed his concern via Twitter, indicating that a humanitarian corridor could be established to resolve […]
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Chilean bid for state control of lithium scares investors
Chili announced measures to boost state control over its industry lithiumas it seeks to diversify away from mining into batteries and other areas, raising concerns among investors about the country where dominant white metal miners SQM and Albemarle operate. Progressive President Gabriel Boric announced the plan late on Thursday, which entails shifting the world’s second-largest […]
Chile plans to nationalize lithium production as part of its new national policy
Chilean President, gabriel boricpresented on April 20, in a speech to the nation from the Palacio de la Moneda, the National Lithium Strategy, which aims to nationalize the production of this minerallowering the shares of mining companies. First of all, the president highlighted that Chile is one of the countries with the largest lithium reserves […]
Chile seeks to recover positions in disputed world race for lithium
The long-awaited announcement by the Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, on the National Policy of Lithiumone of his great campaign promises, reactivates the global race for Chili to exploit this mineral, essential for electromobility and for which the South American country has the largest exploitable reserves in the world. Boric wants to place Chili as “the […]
Boric calls for a “dialogue process” to define lithium governance
The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, called this Friday for a “process of dialogue and participation to gather the visions and knowledge” that contribute to define a governance of the lithium and the salt flats in the South American country. This after some business unions were critical of the national lithium strategy announced on Thursday […]
The stamp of death left by bird flu on beautiful Pacific beaches
The South American Pacific coast has become in recent weeks a sad and dangerous animal cemetery plagued by thousands of corpses of sea lionspenguins and other birds victims of an acute outbreak of bird flu that threatens to cause an environmental disaster in native marine species of the region. In Chile, where the first infected […]
Chile approves Anglo project to increase copper supplies; Codelco sees new synergies
Chile approved an investment of more than US$3 billion in a copper mine owned by Anglo American Plc despite some environmental concerns, a sign of the government’s willingness to boost production of a key raw material in the energy transition. clean. A committee of Chilean government ministers approved the environmental permit the bronzes Integrated of […]
The working day in Chile will be 40 hours per week: is it feasible to apply it in Peru?
Last Tuesday, April 11, the Chilean Congress approved reducing the working day from 45 to 40 hours a week, which means that you can work four days and rest. In addition, there is a limit of five overtime hours per week, and no longer up to 12, as the norm currently allows. The next step […]
Workday of 40 weekly hours is a fact in Chile after signing Boric
The Chilean President, gabriel boricpromulgated this Friday the law to reduce from 45 to 40 weekly hours the workdayan initiative cataloged by the president as “historical” and “indispensable” for the country to move towards a “better life quality”. “Today is a historic day. Something that for a long time we were told was impossible comes […]
Chile will reverse the drop in copper production in the coming years, said the Minister of Mining
Chilean production of copper It will recover in the coming years after recent weak performance, Chilean mining minister Marcela Hernando said Thursday, adding that dialogue with the industry on tax adjustments helps moderate concerns. A combination of factors has hit the vital sector of the largest world producer of the metal, which led production to […]