Copper fuels contemporary industries through its exceptional conductivity, durability, and contribution to green energy.

The world’s biggest copper mine is in the grips of a labor conflict that risks disrupting supplies of a metal essential to ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

Most Atacama tourists are drawn to the north of the desert, to San Pedro de Atacama ... in the Saltpetre War (1879-1884). Gold, silver, copper and lithium are still extracted in mines in the ...

In its latest operational review, BHP (BHP) reported copper output in the quarter ended December 31 totaled 510,700 metric tons, with production from its Escondida mine in Chile's Atacama Desert ...

Paranal telescope operator Marcela Espinoza says it's essential for Chile to preserve 'the best skies in the world' so that other countries keep choosing the region to install their telescopes ...

However, BHP’s copper prospects were dampened by lowered ... The Escondida mine, located in Chile’s northern Atacama Desert, is 30 per cent owned by rival Rio Tinto, which has reportedly ...

Researchers in Spain have investigated how climate change may possibly impact solar power generation in the world’s region with the highest solar radiation levels – the Atacama desert in ...