New research reveals that current global water models dramatically overestimate the amount of freshwater available for ...

New research into lithium mining in the “Lithium Triangle” of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia — source of more than half of the ...

New research into lithium mining in the "Lithium Triangle" of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia—source of more than half of the ...

The nation’s massive copper deposits are key to meeting growing global demand. A battle has emerged over who gets to mine and ...

Situated at 2,000 m in the Andes, 60 km to the east of Rancagua, in an environment marked by extremes of climate, Sewell Mining Town was built by the Braden Copper company in 1905 to house workers at ...

Barrick officials have been giving evidence this week to congressional environmental and mining commissions in Santiago on the viability and potential impact of moving a portion of three glaciers ...

The prices of major minerals have significantly increased in recent years, a situation that, for a country like Peru, represents an important opportunity to improve the quality of life of its ...

Thousands of opponents of a 5 billion dollars gold project of Newmont Mining circled a lake high in the Andes, in Cajamarca province vowing to stop the company from eventually draining it to make ...

The ancient mountains of the Andes are home to spectacled bears ... safeguarding them against exploitation by timber, mining and oil companies. The initiative has been hailed as a model for ...