Asked about their expansion plans, the company that operates the Candelaria mining complex stated that they are awaiting the outcome of royalty payment discussions. 

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The Salares Norte project is 56% complete and represents the starting point for the mining company in Chile, where it is investing US$30 million a year in new project exploration. 

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The number of desalination plants is increasing, while Chilean companies and foreign investors’ consumption of seawater has been constant. Cochilco also revealed that the sector's share of GDP reached its highest point in the last seven years.  

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As a first step, the world’s largest copper producer plans to reach annual production of 7 million tons by 2030 in order to reach its mid-century target of 9 million tons. Foreign investment will be key to achieving these targets. 

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The goal is to provide greater assurances to companies looking to implement this technology in projects that are already under way.

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Los Bronces is the most important mine in the copper business operated by Anglo American. The new facilities, located in the company's offices in Santiago, will become the brain of the operation, where the integration of all digitization and remote control technology projects will take place. 

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The new survey identifies a total of 49 projects for the next decade which, together with adjustments to other initiatives, point to a total investment in the sector of US$74,047 million.

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The Mining Ministry has begun trial implementation of a plan to assist almost 20 initiatives from their early stages through to their start of operation.

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The new platform will permit informed decisions about territories and aims to boost mining exploration.

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The operation should be completed within a year, implying that Anglo American Copper Finance will have US$2,114 million in the country.

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The method mimics the filtering capabilities of living cells to extract lithium from concentrated salt water, where the metal is typically mixed with other materials.

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A recent report released by Canadian mining company Capstone Mining about its Santo Domingo project in the Atacama Region sets out solid arguments for extracting cobalt from the deposit.

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The Interop program presented a draft proposal for resolving incompatibility between mining technologies to an international organization.

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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

Some US$9,000 million must be invested in the lithium mining sector to develop the 600,000 tonnes of new capacity required to satisfy demand. 

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By using the LHD model developed by Komatsu, Chile’s El Teniente mine aims to increase its productivity by between 10% and 20%. 

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The data shows that Chile accounts for 12% of this type of high-impact start-ups, after Australia, the United States and Canada. 

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Los Pelambres, Quebrada Blanca, Spence, Radomiro Tomic, El Abra and NuevaUnión have initiatives at different stages of development for the use of seawater at their operations.

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Zyfra, an artificial intelligence and IoT company, already has operations in Peru and plans to scale up to other countries in the region in 2022.

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The application of these technologies allows for improved productivity, increased efficiency, and contribution to sustainability and workers’ safety in the sector. 

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