The Quebrada Blanca mine is located in Tarapacá Region of northern Chile at an elevation of 4,400 metres, approximately 240 kilometres southeast of the city of Iquique and 1,500 kilometres from Santiago. Quebrada Blanca is an open pit operation, which leaches the ore to produce copper cathodes...

In the first part of our series we covered the copper project pipeline in Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina. This week we will focus on Chile and Peru. Two countries with robust project pipelines.

(By Harris Gomez Group).

Most analysts agree that copper prices are entering a period of relative stability on the basis of steady global demand and low production growth. Latin America’s importance in the future of copper production is evidenced by its share of upcoming projects. So, despite a trend of...

The government of Sebastián Piñera plans to tender US$2.6bn in concessions this year, which are part of a wider plan to tender an average of US$2.4bn per year until 2022. However, 2019 will also see the debut of two new mechanisms in the country’s 20-year old concessions system: concession...

As Chile emerged in the early 1990s, it became clear that its infrastructure was not capable of supporting its growing economic activity. The country decided to move forward with a PPP model for its major construction projects, particularly in improving its previously failing road...

During the last 12 months the Australia-Latin America Business Council has consolidated its position as the peak industry body in Australia promoting awareness and strengthening business engagement with all Latin American countries.  We recently implemented a number of innovations to...