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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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Chile’s Pinera seeks jail time for environmental damages, infractions

January 21, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Chile, Copper, Crime, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Government / Politics, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Lawmaking, MINING, Regulation, South America / Central America, US

FILE PHOTO: President of Chile Sebastian Pinera speaks during the APEC CEO Summit 2018 at the Port Moresby, Papua New

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Chile okays lithium miner SQM’s plan to remedy water violations

January 7, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Chemicals (TRBC), ALBEMARLE, Americas, Chile, Company News, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, LITHIUM, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Regulation, South America / Central America, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), US, Water

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s environmental regulator on Monday approved a $25 million compliance plan by SQM, ending a multi-year investigation

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A water fight in Chile’s Atacama raises questions over lithium mining

October 18, 2018 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Base Metals, Chile, Commodity Chemicals (TRBC), Company News, Emerging Market Countries, Enterprise Reporting, Environment, Government / Politics, INSIGHT, Insights, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, LITHIUM, Major News, MINING, Pictures, South America / Central America, Special Reports, United States, US

SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA (Reuters) – Earlier this year, the world’s two biggest lithium producers publicly celebrated new deals with

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Minnesota firms sue over Trump administration mine leases near wilderness

June 22, 2018 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Base Metals, Chile, Company News, Copper, Crime / Law / Justice, Environment, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, MINNESOTA, Nature / Wildlife, Pollution, Regulation, South America / Central America, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), US, US Government News

(Reuters) – Minnesota outdoor recreation firms have sued the federal government over its decision to reinstate leases for a mine

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