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Lithium miner SQM considering options after environmental court ruling

December 28, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Chemicals (TRBC), Americas, Chile, Commodity Chemicals (TRBC), Company News, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, LITHIUM, Metals and Mining (TRBC), MINING, Nature / Wildlife, Pollution, Regulation, South America / Central America, SQM, US, Water

(Reuters) – SQM, the world´s No. 2 lithium producer, said on Friday it “regrets” a ruling by a Chilean environmental

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Fire in Chilean city of Valparaíso destroys about 50 homes: firefighters

December 25, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Chile, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, FIRE, Fires, General News, South America / Central America, US

A house burns following the spread of wildfires in Valparaiso, Chile, December 24, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A

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Spain likely to host COP25 climate change summit after Chile’s withdrawal

November 1, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Chile, Climate Politics, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Environment, Europe, Major News, Picture available, Pictures, PROTESTS, South America / Central America, Spain, United Nations, US

SANTIAGO / MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will likely host the United Nations’ COP25 climate change summit in Madrid, following Chile’s

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Officials at Chile’s ENAP to face charges over toxic fumes -prosecutor

October 6, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Chile, Company News, Crime, Emerging Market Countries, Energy (Legacy), Energy Markets, Environment, General News, Health / Medicine, Integrated Oil and Gas (TRBC), IRAN, Middle East, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Pollution, Refined Products, South America / Central America, US

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean prosecutors will press charges against six executives of state energy company ENAP in relation to noxious

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Miner CAP says oil spill on remote Chilean island contained

July 29, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Chile, Company News, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Energy (Legacy), Energy Markets, MINING, OIL, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, South America / Central America, US, Water and Other Utilities (TRBC)

FILE PHOTO: The Chilean navy ship named “Marinero Fuentealba” prepares to leave to contain an oil spill at the Guarello

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Chilean navy says investigating oil spill on remote Patagonian island

July 28, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Chile, Company News, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Energy (Legacy), Energy Markets, MINING, OIL, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Pollution, South America / Central America, US, Water and Other Utilities (TRBC)

The Chilean navy ship named “Marinero Fuentealba” prepares to leave to contain an oil spill at the Guarello Island dock,

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‘Dream come true’: Two new national parks born in Chilean Patagonia

April 27, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Chile, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Living / Lifestyle, Nature / Wildlife, PARKS, PATAGONIA, Picture available, South America / Central America, Tourism / Travel, US

FILE PHOTO: A view of U.S. millionaire Douglas Tompkin’s Pumalin Park, in southern Chile shown in this January 1996 file

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Green economy good news for copper producers: Antofagasta chairman

April 18, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Base Metals, Chile, Coal (TRBC), Company News, Copper, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Europe, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, MINING, South America / Central America, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), United Kingdom, US, Western Europe

FILE PHOTO: APEC CEO Summit 2019 chairman Jean-Paul Luksic of Chile speaks during the APEC CEO Summit 2018 at the

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Peru’s environmental watchdog reports tailings spill from Southern Copper mine

February 10, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Base Metals, Chile, Company News, Copper, Metals and Mining (TRBC), MINING, PERU, Pollution, Precipitation, South America / Central America, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), United States, US

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Peru’s environmental watchdog said on Sunday it was investigating a tailings spill from a unit of Southern

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Chilean copper miner Codelco part-suspends operations amid heavy rain

February 9, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Base Metals, Chile, Company News, Copper, Emerging Market Countries, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, MINING, Precipitation, Production Status Changes, South America / Central America, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), US, Weather Markets / Weather

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean state miner Codelco said on Friday heavy rains had forced suspension of operations at its northern

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