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Besides gold, indigenous people in Chile also mined native copper and copper minerals, producing copper bracelets, earrings and weapons. The use of copper in Chile can be traced to 500 BC . [ 1 ] While Pre-Hispanic Mapuche tools are known to have been relatively simple and made of wood and stone, a few them were made of copper and bronze .
Northern Chile forms part of the Lithium Triangle with substantial reserves in the form of brine. The explosive growth in electric vehicles since 2015 has triggered increased demand. Chile is the main producer of lithium from brine. [13] Until 2017, when it was surpassed by Australia, Chile was the over-all main producer of lithium. [14]
By the 1850s, the rush was in decline and lucrative silver mining definitively ended in the 1870s. At the same time, mining activity in Chile reoriented to saltpetre operations. Exports of Chilean silver alongside copper and wheat were instrumental in helping Chile to prevent default on its independence debt in London. [1]
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People who have held the position Minister of Mining in the government of Chile. Pages in category "Ministers of mining of Chile" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.