Rio Tinto Partners with Codelco to Develop Lithium Project in Chile

One week to frame had in Chile the Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto. In just four days it announced that it had reached agreements with the two state companies mandated by the government to realize the accelerated admission of the State to the lithium business. First it was Codelco’s turn. On Monday the cuprifera announced that it had chosen the international firm to associate for the lithium project that the state is promoting in the s…

The Chilean public company ENAMI announced on Thursday a partnership with the Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto to exploit lithium in northern Chile, where salars have particularly high concentrations of this strategic metal.

British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, in partnership with Chilean state-owned mining company Codelco, will begin extracting lithium from the Maricunga salt flats in northern Chile, the second-largest deposit of the metal in the world.

Rio Tinto is an Anglo-Australian company with more than 150 years of mining experience, operating in 35 countries, including Chile.

Rio Tinto Partners with Codelco to Develop Lithium Project in Chile

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO,NYSE:RIO,LSE:RIO)said on Monday (May 19) that it has signed binding agreements with Corporación Nacional Del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) to develop and operate a high-grade lithium project. The asset is located in the Salar de Maricunga, a large lithium-containing resource base in Atacama, Chile. Its brine is said to have one of the highest average grades of lithium content in the world. According to Rio Tinto, it will acquire a …

Rio Tinto Expands Lithium Portfolio with Codelco Partnership in Chile

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO,NYSE:RIO,LSE:RIO) said on Monday (May 19) that it has signed binding agreements with Corporación Nacional Del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) to develop and operate a high-grade lithium project.The asset is located in the Salar de Maricunga, a large lithium-containing resource base in Atacama, Chile. Its brine is said to have one of the highest average grades of lithium content in the world.According to Rio Tinto, it will acquire a 4…