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The nationalization of the Chilean copper industry, commonly described as the Chileanization of copper (Spanish: Chilenización del cobre) [1] was the process by which the Chilean government acquired control of the major foreign-owned section of the Chilean copper mining industry.
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began on 5 August 2010, with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine, located in the Atacama Desert, 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of the regional capital of Copiapó, in northern Chile. 33 men were trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground and 5 kilometers (3 mi) from the mine's entrance and were rescued after ...
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 Dese
Chuquicamata (/ tʃ uː k iː k ə ˈ m ɑː t ə / choo-kee-kə-MAH-tə; referred to as Chuqui for short) is the largest open pit copper mine in terms of excavated volume in the world. [citation needed] It is located in the north of Chile, just outside Calama, at 2,850 m (9,350 ft) above sea level.
False color satellite image of the Escondida Mine, courtesy of NASA. 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.
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Location of the Los Pelambres and El Teniente copper mines in Chile. Los Pelambres mine is a copper mine located in the north-central of Chile in Coquimbo Region.It is one of the largest copper reserves in the world, having estimated reserves of 4.9 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.65% copper.
The Esperanza mine is a large copper mine located in the central-northern of Chile in Coquimbo Region.Esperanza represents one of the largest copper reserve in Chile and in the world having estimated reserves of 1.61 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.39% copper.