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Chile’s Boric announces public-private model for tapping lithium reserves

21-04-2023 09:53 Chile’s government delivers long-awaited lithium development policy; State will partner with private firms to tap reserves says President Boric.

Bloomberg

Lula has big Petrobras plans that would undo privatisation push

26-09-2022 14:39 Next week’s elections in Brazil pose a challenge to Petrobras investors: Lula has vowed to use the company as a vehicle for national development, but Jair Bolsonaro is proposing the complete opposite.

PANDORA PAPERS

Chile President Sebastián Piñera survives impeachment vote

17-11-2021 12:42 Chile's Senate declines to impeach President Sebastián Piñera over a business deal revealed in the Pandora Papers leaks, refusing to go along with the lower house of Congress in opening proceedings against him.

Lithium in Argentina

French, Chinese firms restart lithium project in Argentina

08-11-2021 10:35 French mining group Eramet said Monday it was reviving a joint project with China's Tsingshan to build a lithium production plant in the north of Argentina to supply the booming electric car industry.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Chile opposition moves to impeach Piñera over Pandora Papers claims

14-10-2021 12:51 Chile's opposition on Wednesday moved to impeach President Sebastián Piñera for the controversial sale of a mining company through a firm owned by his children, which appeared in the Pandora Papers leaks.

NO AGREEMENT

Top food firm Molino Cañuelas files for bankruptcy

02-09-2021 16:43 Molino Cañuelas, one of Argentina's leading food producers, has filed for bankruptcy proceedings after years of disputes with creditors.