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Employment of women in the mining industry increases by 18.5%

InvestChile - November,4,2019

In the rolling three-month period between June and August, 21,607 women were working in the sector, accounting for 10% of its labor force. In the same period, there was also a drop in unemployment in the sector.

Topics: Talent- Mining- Women

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Chile’s trade with China grows

InvestChile - October,30,2019
According to SUBREI, Chile’s trade with China reached US$19,055 million in the first half of 2019.

Topics: International trade

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H&M highlights Chile as example: country sales up by 32%

InvestChile - October,28,2019

The company’s CEO highlighted its increase in quarterly sales, particularly in the South American country where the Scandinavian chain has 14 stores.

Topics: Retail

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Tourism: First Antarctic cruise ship built in Chile to start season

InvestChile - October,25,2019

The ship, which represented an investment of US$50 million, has a double hull with Ice Class PC6 classification, which allows it to sail in frozen seas, breaking the ice as it does so. Its technology also means that it can operate for 60 days without needing to refuel.

Topics: Tourism

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Iberia to use its most sustainable aircraft to fly to Santiago

InvestChile - October,23,2019

The airline already has five Airbus A350-900s and will take delivery of 20 of these aircraft by 2023.

Topics: Tourism

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Fintech in Latam: They are lasting longer and incorporating more women

InvestChile - October,21,2019

A study by Digital Bank Latam shows that more than half of fintech firms in Latin America last more than two years and, in some cases, more than ten years, that over 20% have operations in more than three countries and that there are very few without the presence of women.

Topics: Instituciones Financieras

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Acciona installs innovation hub in Chile

InvestChile - October,18,2019

The laboratory is located at El Romero Solar, a photovoltaic plant in northern Chile’s Atacama Region, and will start operation in October, characterizing and testing latest-generation solar panels.

Topics: Energy

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First map of marine energy shows the potential of Chile’s coasts

InvestChile - October,18,2019

With the tool, a single platform can be used to view “different types of information related to the implementation of a renewable marine energy project in Chile”.

Topics: Energy

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Four reasons why Chile is becoming Latin America’s data center hub

InvestChile - October,17,2019

International investors are increasingly setting their sights on Chile as a regional hub for data centers due to factors related to its economy, energy sector and telecommunications infrastructure.

Topics: Technology

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10 of the best adventures in Chile

InvestChile - October,14,2019

The Telegraph highlighted the ten most exciting adventures that tourists can experience in the South American country.

Topics: Tourism

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WEF: Chile is the region’s most competitive economy

InvestChile - October,10,2019

In the 2019 version of the report, which measures the factors in productivity across 141 countries, Chile’s score increased by 0.3 percentage points, giving it 33rd position in the ranking.

Topics: Ranking

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Microsoft to use spare TV bandwidth to take Internet to remote areas

InvestChile - October,9,2019

Under a program it is implementing internationally, the company takes advantage of vacant TV frequencies to provide broadband internet access for remote or commercially unattractive areas. In Chile, it has already identified 632 connection points.

Topics: Technology

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The Live Green Co: they come from India and make 100% plant-based food

InvestChile - October,8,2019

The firm plans to establish a factory in Chile to develop more healthy foods and, in the future, personal care products, such as creams, and household products such as detergents and dishwashing liquids.

Topics: Food Industry- Technology

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HIT Cowork: the Argentine company plans two more openings in Chile

InvestChile - October,1,2019

The coworking space company has chosen Chile to start its regional expansion. It is already in Valparaíso and will now open in the capital.

Topics: Infrastructure- Startup

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The Chilean blockchain-based project to market renewables worldwide

InvestChile - September,30,2019

The token has a value defined in kilowatt-hours of electricity produced by sustainable projects.

Topics: Energy

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Statkraft to invest US$180 million in three wind plants in Chile

InvestChile - September,27,2019

“Through the operation of these three wind farms, we will contribute clean energy to the system and, specifically, central Chile,” said the Norwegian company’s vice-president for South America, Laine Powell.

Topics: Energy

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Oracle announces installation of large data center in Chile in 2020

InvestChile - September,25,2019

The owner of the company and the seventh richest man in the world, Larry Ellison himself announced the news at an event in San Francisco. Chile is the second Latin American country, after Brazil, to which the company is making a strong commitment.

Topics: Technology

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Business opportunities: Electromobility in Chile

InvestChile - September,23,2019

Areas that range from the development of electric vehicles and strategies to add value to lithium through to the growth of renewable energies are among those that will benefit in a market that is growing on a daily basis.

Topics: Energy

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Alibaba seeks to add Chilean products to its online supermarket

InvestChile - September,16,2019

Import manager, Héctor Zhang, visited the South American country where he held meetings with dairy, fruit and wine producers. His aim is to create a specific channel with Chile.

Topics: Technology- Retail

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Chile’s goals for leading the world on clean renewable energies

InvestChile - September,13,2019

The aim is for 70% of the electricity consumed in the country to be from sources such as photovoltaic or wind energy by 2050; this is in addition to the announced decarbonization plan.

Topics: Energy

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