Brazil Heads to a Runoff and Vale Jumps, Chile Copper Strike Clock Starts, and Vedanta Plans US$2.3 Billion Push

Podcast: The Mining Insider · Logan Ore - The Pro Podcasters

Opublikowano: 2026-10-05

Brazil Heads to an October 25 Runoff, and Vale Jumps: First, Brazil, where yesterday's vote did not settle anything, but it moved markets. With 99.99% of sections counted, the Superior Electoral Court has Senator Flávio Bolsonaro at 47.03%, or 56.10 million votes, and President Lula da Silva at 45.16%, or 53.88 million. Neither passed 50%, so the two meet in a runoff on October 25. Polls had expected Lula to finish first. Escondida and Centinela Enter the Mediation Window as China Returns Thursday: Next, Chile, where two of the biggest copper mines in the world are inside a legal countdown. At Escondida, BHP's flagship, about 1,020 supervisors in S...