For the main copper producer company of the world a future vision implies the challenge of participating in the development of the international markets and of having the resources and production means to function in a way that is both efficient and sustainable.

Innovation is an essential condition for strategies designed thinking of the future. For Codelco, innovation means to develop areas that will ensure that we will have the resources to sustain our activity for many years to come.

In the innovation chain, we find the "mining exploration" areas, which allow to find new resources, the "technology" areas, used to develop more efficient and sustainable operations, and the "projects", which allow to directly produce copper.

But it is also necessary to have clients that create the future copper demand. One of the priorities of Codelco is the defense and development of the markets.

One of the fundamental aspects to stimulate demand is the promotion of new uses of copper, an element which properties ensure that it will continue to be needed in the future.