Consejo Minero
Consejo Minero (lit. Mining Council) is a guild grouping large mining companies active in Chile. According to Consejo Minero in 2025 its companies produce 94% of Chile's copper, 96% of its iron, 90% of its silver and 63% of its gold and lithium.[1] Its members are Anglo American, BHP, CMP, Minera Centinela, Codelco, Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, El Abra (owned by Freeport-McMoRan and Codelco[2]), Minera Escondida, Freeport-McMoRan, Glencore, Gold Fields, KGHM, Kinross, Lundin Mining, Pampa Norte, Minera Los Pelambres, Rio Tinto, South32, Sociedad Química y Minera and Teck Resources.[1] Prior to the joining of Compañía de Acero del Pacífico (CMP) in 2017 the guild lacked any company engaged in the production of iron.[3]
See also
[edit]- Canadian mining in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Chilean nationalization of copper
- Chilean Law on Mining Concessions
- Sociedad Nacional de Minería
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Socios". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-04-26.
- ^ "Freeport's Chile-based El Abra mine, union seal wage agreement". Reuters. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Grupo minero CAP se incorpora al Consejo Minero y se conveirte en la primera productora de hierro en sumarse a la entidad gremial". Portal Minero (in Spanish). 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2025-04-30.