Chile

Wind Power Project

Vestas Bags 128MW Chile Order

Vestas, a leading Danish wind turbine manufacturer, announced a 128-megawatt turbine supply agreement with an undisclosed customer in Chile. The order strengthe…

Metal

Rio Tinto, ENAMI Form JV for Altoandinos Lithium Project in Chile

Rio Tinto, a global mining company, and Empresa Nacional de Minería (ENAMI), a Chilean state-owned mining company, have signed a binding agreement to est…

Electric Vehicles

Windrose Secures Major Electric Heavy-Duty Truck Order in Chile

Windrose Technology, a Chinese startup specializing in new energy commercial vehicles, has secured a major order for several hundred electric heavy-duty trucks …

Metal

Copper Output From Chile’s Codelco Climbs 17% in May

In May 2025, copper production in Chile showed varied results across major mining operations, according to data released by the Chilean Copper Commission (Cochi…

Metal

Epiroc to Supply Underground Mine Trucks to Pucobre in Chile

Epiroc, a global mining equipment provider, has secured a Skr235 million ($24.6 million) order from Sociedad Punta del Cobre (Pucobre) in Chile for a fleet of u…

Metal

Super Copper to Acquire Castilla Copper Project From Verdant Resources

Super Copper has signed an agreement to purchase full ownership of the Castilla copper project, a 5,800-hectare exploration site in Chile’s Atacama region…

Metal

Chile’s Codelco Secures New Lithium Quota for SQM Partnership

Codelco, Chile's state-owned copper producer, announced on Tuesday that it has received regulatory approval for a new lithium quota, advancing its plans to …

Battery

Jinko ESS and METLEN Form 3GWh Utility-Scale BESS Partnership

Jinko ESS, an energy storage company, has signed a framework agreement with METLEN, a global energy solutions provider, to deploy over 3 gigawatt hours (GWh) of…

Chile

POWERCHINA Signs Contracts for Two Substation Expansions in Chile

POWERCHINA has secured contracts from Chilean companies Transelec and CGE, as well as French company Engie, to expand two critical substations in Chile. These p…

Electricity Transmission

SGEI and Singa Plan Subsea Electricity Link From Indonesia to Singapore

Alotta Energy Chile has completed the country's first floating solar installation at Mowi’s Isla Huar salmon farm, located in the Los Lagos region. Th…

Metal

Chile’s SQM Misses Profit Estimates as Lithium Prices Remain Under Pressure

On Wednesday, SQM, the world’s second-largest lithium producer based in Chile, reported that its first-quarter profit for 2025 fell short of expectations …

Energy Storage Project

Grenergy Signs Chilean Storage Deal

Grenergy has signed a new supply agreement with BYD Energy Storage for the delivery of 3,500 MWh in energy storage systems, to be deployed in the sixth phase of…

Metal

Rio Tinto to Invest $900M in Codelco’s Lithium Project in Chile

Rio Tinto and Codelco, Chile’s state-owned copper mining company, have signed agreements to form a joint venture for the Salar de Maricunga lithium projec…

Metal

Codelco Signs Agreement With I-Pulse to Explore Advanced Mining Technologies

Codelco, Chile’s state-owned mining company, has signed a letter of intent with I-Pulse to explore pulsed power technologies for mining, focusing on susta…

Metal

China’s BYD, Tsingshan Scrap Plans for Chile Lithium Plants

On Wednesday, Chile’s economic development agency, Corfo, announced that Chinese automaker BYD and metals group Tsingshan have withdrawn from multimillion-doll…