Technical analysis and strategic perspectives on the forces transforming hydrometallurgical mining in Latin America.
Key indicators defining the competitive landscape of the Latin American mining industry
Technical research on trends impacting sector operations and competitiveness
How mobile dehydration replaces fixed CAPEX projects across SX, refining, electrowinning, and decanter pool operations — with 48-hour deployment, zero headcount impact, and rigorous in-house process monitoring.
With over 60% of new projects opting for SX-EW, organic losses represent hidden costs of $300-900K USD annually. New treatment technologies recover up to 98% of degraded solvent.
Argentina could become the world's largest lithium producer, but the industry must solve a critical problem: consumption of 21 million liters of water daily threatens the viability of new projects.
New Chilean regulation requires mining not to exceed 10% of continental water use by 2025 and 5% by 2040. Operations must achieve 85-90% water recirculation.
Chile projects 5.8Mt of copper for 2025 (+5.8%), with Escondida up 22% and Codelco targeting 1.4Mt. Filtration capacity will be the bottleneck during maintenance.