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Codelco lost US$ 1,780 million at smelters and refineries between 2022 and 2025
Only Caletones made a profit during the period, and Chinese overcapacity drove down the fees plants charge to process concentrate.
Codelco links 36 complaints filed since March to copper theft operation at El Teniente
Operation Veta Roja, led by the Investigative Police and the O'Higgins Prosecutor's Office, resulted in more than 40 arrests, including employees of contractors working at the mining division.
Deputies from the Broad Front to the Republican Party form caucus to defend Codelco
Deputies from Antofagasta, Atacama, Valparaíso and O'Higgins seek to protect jobs and the Potrerillos Smelter amid doubts about its future.
Antofagasta Environmental Assessment Commission approves Tovaku, a US$ 870 million project by Codelco and Pucobre
The Puntilla mine, in Tocopilla and María Elena, will produce 46,000 tonnes of copper cathodes annually and employ 984 people during construction.
Mayors and lawmakers ask Kast to decide the future of the Potrerillos smelter
Codelco Salvador unions warn that closing the smelter would affect more than 4 thousand jobs in Chañaral Province.
Only one of the 12 lithium contracts is ready under the Kast government
A report to Congress shows that the Comptroller General’s Office returned several special lithium contracts and that the government is resubmitting them to move them forward.
Producción de cobre en Chile caería en 2026 a su nivel más bajo desde 2003In Spanish
Bajas leyes, mantenciones y El Niño frenan la minería, aunque el sector proyecta recuperar entre 300 y 400 mil toneladas en 2027.In Spanish
Gabriel Silber asks to suspend his house arrest to give a statement to OS7
The former deputy's lawyer asked the 7th Guarantee Court for five hours of leave so he can attend a summons from prosecutor Hernán Libedinsky.
Former judge Simpértigue denies intervening on Fundamenta’s behalf and explains cruise paid for by Vargas
The former Supreme Court justice testified as a suspect and maintained that his relationship with lawyers Lagos and Vargas was purely social.
Quiroz raises projected mining decline this year to between 8% and 9%
The ministro de Hacienda (Finance Minister) blames the mining slump on low investment and estimates the sector will subtract one point from Chile's GDP.