Chile Codelco Q1 output falls, 2012 on track

The world's top copper producer, Chile's Codelco, said on Wednesday its output fell 10% in the first quarter from a year earlier to 373 000 t, but said it was on target to produce 1.71-million tons this year. Codelco produced 414 000 tons of...

STATE COPPER MINE

A dump truck carries copper ore out of the Chuquicamata openpit copper mine in northern Chile, 215 km north-east of Antofagasta. Chile’s State-owned mining company, Codelco, owns and operates the Chuquicamata mine, the crusher and concentration...

Chilean copper major plotting its route for the next 40 years

Chile’s State-owned copper miner, the Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), the world’s largest producer of the metal, has announced that it is planning a major investment programme over the next decade. “What we ourselves may...

Chuquicamata mine, Chile

A copper mine, situated in Chile

Chilean project marks start of group’s new synergy

The mining contracting division of construction and engineering group Murray & Roberts (M&R), M&R Cementation South Africa and Cementation Canada have been selected as one of the preferred contractors for the shaft design packages at...

Chile Chuqui workers vote to strike, smelter hit too

Workers at Chile's Chuquicamata copper mine, one of the world's largest, rejected a wage deal and voted to strike, fanning supply fears that have helped boost global prices. The move comes just hours after union workers on Monday began an...

Codelco, workers hope for fast resolution in contract talks

Chilean officials and union leaders have indicated that State-owned copper-miner Codelco could reach an agreement with workers on a new collective agreement at its Chuquicamata mine as soon as this week-end. Last week, protesting workers blocked...

Codelco spent $112m on sustainability in '08

The world's biggest copper miner, Chile's Codelco, invested $112-million in sustainability last year, according to a report launched by the company in Santiago last week. The figure includes $54-million spent on environmental management and...

Copper may advance next week as labour disputes at mines spread

Copper may rise next week on speculation that labor unrest that has cut production at the world's largest mine may spread, further disrupting supply. A strike over pay at Chile's Escondida, which last year supplied 8,5% of the world's copper, is...

Copper production cutbacks update

The mining industry has been cutting copper production since 2001 in an attempt to strengthen prices, and Reu

Valves supplied to Chile copper-mine

Copper mining is one of the most difficult slurry-handling applications. When coppr is lifted from the ground it is embedded in rock that must be broken apart in order for the copper to be extracted.

SA copper bug eats its way into Chilean boardrooms

Former South African global minerals and metals group Billiton and giant Chilean copper-mining group Codelco have established a joint venture to exploit Billiton’s ‘BioCOP’ biological leaching technology on a worldwide basis.