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Mining in Chile

Index Mining in Chile

The mining sector in Chile is one of the pillars of Chilean economy and copper exports alone stands for more than one third of government income. [1]

24 relations: Aluminium, Atacama Desert, Coal, Codelco, Copiapó, Copper, Copper extraction, Economy of Chile, Geology of Chile, Gold, Iron, Law on Mining Concessions, List of saltpeter works in Tarapacá and Antofagasta, Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–90), Molybdenum, Nitratine, Norte Grande, Phelps Dodge, Puerto Aysén, Silver, Stabilization fund, Strait of Magellan, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2010 Chile earthquake.

Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Atacama Desert

The Atacama Desert (Desierto de Atacama) is a plateau in South America (primarily in Chile), covering a 1000-km (600-mi) strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.

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Codelco

CODELCO (Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile or, in English, the National Copper Corporation of Chile) is a Chilean state owned copper mining company.

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Copiapó

Copiapó is a city in northern Chile, located about 65 kilometers east of the coastal town of Caldera.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from cuprum) and atomic number 29.

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Copper extraction

Copper extraction refers to the methods used to obtaining copper from its ores.

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Economy of Chile

Chile is ranked as a high-income economy by the World Bank, and is considered as South America's most stable and prosperous nation, leading Latin American nations in competitiveness, income per capita, globalization, economic freedom, and low perception of corruption.

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Geology of Chile

The geology of Chile is a result of the Andean and preceding orogenies occurring on the western coast of South America, a convergent boundary of tectonic plates.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ferrum) and atomic number 26.

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Law on Mining Concessions

The Chilean Organic Constitutional Law on Mining Concessions (Ley Orgánica Constitucional sobre Concesiones Mineras) distinguishes two types of mining concessions exploratory concessions and exploitation concessions.

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List of saltpeter works in Tarapacá and Antofagasta

The use of Nitratine or Chilean Saltpeter once an important source of nitrates for fertilizer and other chemical uses including gunpowder and fireworks.

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Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–90)

The military dictatorship of Chile (dictadura militar de Chile) was an authoritarian military government that ruled Chile between 1973 and 1990.

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Molybdenum

Molybdenum is a chemical element with symbol Mo and atomic number 42.

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Nitratine

Nitratine or nitratite, also known as cubic niter (UK: nitre), soda niter or Chile saltpeter (UK: Chile saltpetre), is a mineral, the naturally occurring form of sodium nitrate, NaNO3.

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Norte Grande

The Norte Grande (Big North, Far North, Great North) is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950.

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Phelps Dodge

Phelps Dodge Corporation was an American mining company founded in 1834 as an import-export firm by Anson Greene Phelps and his two British sons-in-law William Earle Dodge, Sr. and Daniel James.

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Puerto Aysén

Puerto Aisén is a city of Chile located in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region, above the head of Aisén Fjord in the country's extreme south.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag (from the Latin argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47.

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Stabilization fund

A stabilization fund is a mechanism set up by a government or central bank to insulate the domestic economy from large influxes of revenue, as from commodities such as oil.

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Strait of Magellan

The Strait of Magellan, also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south.

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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP or ESCAP), located in the United Nations Building in Rajadamnern Nok Avenue in Bangkok, Thailand, is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, under the administrative direction of the United Nations headquarters.

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2010 Chile earthquake

The 2010 Chile earthquake (Terremoto del 27F) occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_Chile

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