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The National Copper Corporation of Chile (Spanish: Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile), abbreviated as Codelco, is a Chilean state-owned copper mining company. It was formed in 1976 from foreign-owned copper companies that were nationalised in 1971.
In 2009, Antofagasta PLC signed an agreement with the Australian company Carbon Energy to develop an underground coal gasification project in Mulpún, in Southern Chile. [6] The project was put on hold in 2013. [7] In 2015, Antofagasta took control of Twin Metals, a US company involved in a copper and nickel mining project in Northern Minnesota.
The Chilean Iron Belt is a geological province rich in iron ore deposits in northern Chile. It extends as a north-south beld along the western part of the Chilean regions of Coquimbo and Atacama, chiefly between the cities of La Serena and Taltal. [1] [2] The belt follows much of the Atacama Fault System and is about 600 km long and 25 km broad ...
Chile's state-owned copper mining giant Codelco on Wednesday shut down its Ventanas copper smelter after decades of polluting Quintero Bay with toxic gases and turning it, along with 15 other ...
The mine increased production to 100,000 t (110,000 short tons) of ore per day, [11] and in 2006 the mine produced over 418,000 t (461,000 short tons) of copper. [16] The Vancouver, British Columbia-based, Canadian company Amerigo produces both a copper and molybdenum concentrate from El Teniente's tailings. It has been granted the right also ...
Lustros' Copper Sulfate Plant in Chile Commences Production SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- LUSTROS, INC. (OTCQB:LSTS) announced today its subsidiary, Sulfatos Chile SpA, began pilot production of ...
Pages in category "Copper mining companies of Chile" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Minera Utah de Chile and Getty Mining (Chile) formed a joint venture to carry it out. On March 14, 1981, 'Pozo 6' the last scheduled borehole in the program, [ 5 ] hit 52 metres of 1.51% copper at a depth of 240 metres and discovered the main Escondida orebody. [ 7 ]