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Several of Chile's key exports were out-competed [34] [35] and Chile's silver mining income dropped. [34] In the mid-1870s, Peru nationalized its nitrate industry, affecting both British and Chilean interests. [33] Contemporaries considered the crisis the worst ever in independent Chile. [33]
1947 map of mines in Chile. The mining sector in Chile is one of the pillars of Chilean economy and copper exports alone stands for more than one third of government income. Most mining in Chile is concentrated to the Norte Grande region spanning most of the Atacama Desert. Mining products of Chile includes copper, gold, silver, molybdenum ...
It became the centre for trade and services of a large mining district. [4] In 1851, Copiapó was connected by railroad to Caldera, its principal port of export. [4] This was the first railroad to be established in Chile and the third one in South America. [15]
The Law establishes a specific tax on mining activities, which came in force on January 1, 2006 consisting of a sliding scale according to copper production from nothing below 12,000 tonnes p.a. to 5% above 50,000 tonnes p.a. on production in excess of 12,000 tonnes p.a. Foreign companies that signed a DL 600 contract before Dec 1 2004 and are ...
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile.They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005, as a testament to the historical importance of saltpeter mining in Chile and the culture and social agenda that developed around it in the late 19th century.
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Chilean expansionism refers to the foreign policy of Chile to expand its territorial control over key strategic locations and economic resources as a means to ensure its national security and assert its power in South America. [A] Chile's significant territorial acquisitions, which occurred mostly throughout the 19th century, paved the way for ...
Capitanía General de Chile, or Gobernación de Chile, remained a colony of the Spanish Empire until 1818 when it declared itself independent. In the mid Eighteenth Century, the Bourbon administrative reforms divided Chile into intendencias (provinces) and further into partidos (counties) which were also known by the older term of corregimientos.