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Lundin Mining hopes to strengthen its role as a major player in Chile s copper industry after a $600 million project for its key Candelaria mine was approved, a top executive said on Friday. . ....
Chile s state miner, Codelco, on Friday cut its copper output forecast for 2023 and said it expects more halts in production during the second half of the year, following months of declines. . ....
Fabian Cambero 2 minute read Chinchillas are displayed in a pet store in Montevideo, Uruguay, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Stapff SANTIAGO, July 6 (Reuters) - A Chilean environmental regulator s probe into whether a group of endangered short-tailed chinchillas was harmed by attempts to move them so that a gold mine could be built will likely wrap up in the coming months, the environmental regulator s head told Reuters. South Africa s Gold Fields Ltd (GFIJ.J), which is building the $860 million Salares Norte mine, has been working with Chilean authorities since 2020 to relocate the animals. The Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) in November 2020 ordered a halt to the relocation efforts after one of the 25 giant rodents in the colony suffered a broken leg and two others died. ....
By Reuters Staff (Updates with details, background) MEXICO CITY, May 18 (Reuters) - Mexico’s economy likely grew by more than a fifth in April compared to the same month last year, when the coronavirus pandemic hammered business activity, a preliminary estimate published by national statistics agency INEGI showed on Tuesday. Latin America’s second-biggest economy probably expanded by 20.6% from April 2020, INEGI said. Last April, the economy shrank by 19.7% in seasonally-adjusted terms compared to the same month in 2019, separate figures from the agency showed. The April estimate projected that secondary activities, which include manufacturing, grew by 34.5% from the same month a year earlier. Meanwhile tertiary activities, which include services, likely expanded by 16.4% over the period, INEGI said. ....
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