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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.
This is a list of copper production by company. 2022. 2021 [1] Rank Company Country Cu production (tonnes) 1: Codelco: ... Chile: 1,827,000 2:
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.
Chile has a long tradition in mining, which developed during the 20th century and made the country the world's top producer of copper. [2] Since 2000, an average of 34 people have died every year in mining accidents in Chile, with a high of 43 in 2008, according to a review of data collected by the state regulatory agency Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería de Chile (abbreviated ...
Minera Escondida (which means 'hidden' in Spanish) is a mining company that operates two open pit copper mines in the Atacama Desert, 170 km southeast of Antofagasta in northern Chile. It is currently the highest producing copper mine in the world.
Given this more favourable context, Phelps Dodge, a United States mining company and the Sumitomo Metal Mining Company, a Japanese firm, signed a US$1.5 billion contract in 1992 with the Chilean government to develop Candelaria, a copper and gold mine south of Copiapó. The mine's potential production of refined copper was equivalent to about ...
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The Chilean government bought a 51% interest in the mine in 1967. Some 15,000 people lived in Sewell at its height as a company town. In 1971 Chile nationalized copper production under President Salvador Allende and formed the state-owned copper mining company Codelco. This company still operates the mine. Workers began to live in other areas.