Chile unveils plans to optimize copper and lithium extraction

Chile unveils plans to optimize copper and lithium extraction

The European Union, in collaboration with Fraunhofer Chile, has launched the OPTIMINER project in Santiago with key EU and Chilean dignitaries to optimize the extraction and processing of critical raw materials (CRMs) like copper and lithium, essential for renewable energy and clean technologies. The initiative seeks to foster sustainable mining and energy transition, benefiting both local communities and global supply chains.

The article German company wants to mine lithium in the Erzgebirge by Felix Baumann first appeared on BASIC thinking. About our newsletter you will always be up-to-date. In Zinwald, a district of the city of Altenberg in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, lithium could be produced in a mine from 2030. The deposit should be sufficient to produce 800,000 e-car batteries per year. In the Saxon Zinnwald, a district of the city of Alte…

BRIEFING: Chile sees “encouraging” 4.4 mln offsets used in second year of CO2 tax regs « Carbon Pulse

Chile’s carbon offsetting provision (SCE) within the national CO2 tax has blown past expectations in its second year of operation, rising to 4.4 million credits applied in 2024, the government revealed Thursday.

Jerónimo Shantal, director of Mining of Mendoza, spoke about the challenges and limitations facing the province in order to develop the activity in a sustainable way and mentioned outstanding initiatives such as Cerro Amarillo and the San Jorge Project. Mendoza seeks to consolidate itself as an important logistic and financial center for mining in the region. This is what Jerónimo Shantal, director of Mining provincial, said many years ago the d…