Floods, weather extremes add to challenging year for chile growers

A year marked by drought, extreme heat, insect pressure and late-season flooding has left New Mexico chile growers facing reduced production and lower sales, with some estimating significant losses as the harvest season winds down. The challenges come as …

Chile sees big jump in walnut exports

Chile exported US$644.4mn of walnuts between April 2025 and March 2026, according to industry association ChileNut. This represents an increase of 58.6 per cent on the previous year. More than 95 per cent of Chile’s walnut production is exported to markets …

Passenger records blinding flash in cabin as lightning strikes plane over Chile

A passenger aboard a LATAM Airlines flight from Antofagasta to Santiago in Chile recorded the moment lightning struck the aircraft just minutes before landing, startling those on board with a loud bang and a flash that lit up the cabin. Despite the …

Chile: Senate president proposes up to 15 years in prison for illegal gambling operators

Chilean Senate President Paulina Núñez has introduced a substitute amendment to the bill regulating online gambling platforms, seeking to establish prison sentences of up to 15 years for those who promote illegal betting sites. According to reports, the …

He left Chile on foot to England 28 years ago. He's almost finally home

Chile’s nut boom drives harvest mechanisation

Chilean nut farmers are accelerating the rollout of mechanised harvesting solutions as production continues to rise, according to a leading manufacturer of automated harvesters. Figures from Odepa show exports reached US$654.5mn during the 2025/26 …

Southern Hemisphere logs copper-rich sulphides in Chile

Southern Hemisphere Mining has made an encouraging start to its 2000-metre diamond drilling program at the company’s Llahuin copper-gold-molybdenum project in Chile, logging high-grade chalcocite copper sulphide mineralisation in an extension hole and …

CATL Expands Overseas Storage Partnerships Across Australia, Europe and Chile

CATL（宁德时代）has outlined overseas energy-storage progress spanning Australian project supply, proposed sodium-ion deployments in Europe and a multi-country supply agreement with ContourGlobal. The developments show a business extending beyond battery cells …

Why Chile's copper output is sinking despite booming demand

The world is hungrier than ever for copper, a key ingredient in green energy and the data centers that power artificial intelligence. But Chile, which accounts for one-quarter of the world's supply of the critical mineral, has seen its output of its …

Huillín: Chile’s most threatened otter struggles to survive among Patagonian rivers, lakes, and wetlands

Few animals so clearly represent the fragility of the aquatic ecosystems of southern Chile as the huillín (Lontra provocax). This native otter, considered one of the most threatened in South America, depends on rivers, lakes, wetlands, and coastal …