This week's news on Chile miners.

• Metals & Minerals Industry Project Activity Ascends to $791 Billion in the Americas, an Industrial Info News Alert

  16 May

  Marketwire - Mining and Metals

  SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwire - May 16, 2012) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- The Americas, including Central, North and South America as well as the Caribbean, have a thriving Metals & Minerals Industry. Countries rich in natural resources like Brazil, Canada, Chile and the U.S. lead the way in project development for coal, copper, iron ore, and oil sands, to name a few. Led by Brazil, Canada and the U.S., Metals & Minerals projects construction starts increased significantly in 2011. All signs point to continued growth to meet world demand for raw materials.

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• Intertek Acquires Mineral Industry Testing Company VIGALAB in Chile

  15 May

  StreetInsider.com

  Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Intertek+Acquires+Mineral+Industry+Testing+Company+VIGALAB+in+Chile/7437036.html for the full story.

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• Li3 Energy, Inc. CEO Releases Shareholder Letter

  11 May

  Marketwire - Mining and Metals

  SANTIAGO, CHILE--(Marketwire - May 11, 2012) - Li3 Energy, Inc., (OTCBB: LIEG) ("Li3", "Li3 Energy" or the "Company"), a US-listed and South America based global exploration company in the lithium and minerals sector, released today the following letter to shareholders from its Chief Executive Officer, Luis Saenz:

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