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Pedro de Valdivia the conquistador that bought much of Chile under Spanish rule and initiated mining on behalf of the Spanish. Pedro Mariño de Lobera records that a common story in Chile at the time of Valdivia's death was that Valdivia had been killed by Mapuches that forced him to drink molten gold.
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]
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 ...
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The British consul in Chile correctly predicted in 1825 that the area around the mouth of Biobío River would be a centre of coal industry. [9] It was however not until the mid-19th century that large scale coal mining began in the region. [10] [3] The initial trigger of coal mining was the arrival of steamships to the port of Talcahuano.
By Reason or Force: Chile and the Balancing Power of South America 1830–1905. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1965. Collier, Simon. Ideas and Politics of Chilean Independence, 1808–1833. New York: Cambridge University Press 1967. Collier, Simon; William F. Sater (1994). A History of Chile: 1808–1994. Cambridge, UK ...
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