Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest metals and mining group, has agreed to acquire smaller peer Arcadium Lithium for $5.85 ...

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The miners had been trapped since Aug. 5, when a cave-in occurred at the San José copper–gold mine in the Atacama Desert in ...

Northern Chile is a land of contrasts and breathtaking natural wonders. From vibrant red lagoons to lunar landscapes, this ...

Argentina, Chile and Bolivia make up the Lithium Triangle, which could eclipse China and Australia as the world's top lithium ...

Astronomers have discovered the most distant and, thus, earliest strongly rotating galaxy ever seen that is well-organized ...

Ancient geoglyphs in Chile's Atacama Desert face threats from vehicles and mining, risking irreversible damage. Learn about ...

Galaxies as orderly as the Milky Way weren't supposed to exist more than 10 billion years ago. Now astronomers have found one ...

Way-like galaxy yet observed. Dubbed REBELS-25, this disc galaxy seems as orderly as present-day galaxies, but we see it as ...

REBELS-25, a galaxy resembling the Milky Way found in the early universe, defies traditional models with its orderly ...

Researchers have discovered the most distant Milky-Way-like galaxy yet observed. Dubbed REBELS-25, this disk galaxy seems as ...

A collection of gigantic artworks carved into the Atacama Desert centuries ago has been destroyed by thunderous parades of ...