Ecuador and Chile have resumed negotiation to jointly develop a major copper mine after a years-long stalemate. At the same time, the demand for base metals will surge in the emerging clean energy transition. Chile's national copper producer Codelco agreed to a request by Ecuador's Enami to suspend two arbitration proceedings over the Llurimagua copper-molybdenum exploration project in the Imbabura Andes region, Ecuador's Energy and Mines Minister Xavier Vera said.
