Since the beginning of the XXI century, Codelco Chile started to define its strategy on the basis of a vision of future that implies consolidating its leadership as copper producer, through means allowing to develop its business potential, to maximize its ec<onomic value and its contribution to the State.

Most of these goals have been expressed in the framework of a Joint Strategic Plan started in 2000, involving all the workers of the Corporation, which promotes a management style based on cooperation, conviction, partipation and team work.

This strategic program outlined a vision of the Corporation for the year 2006. "Codelco, a company 100% State owned, will be world leader in competitivity, fully developing all the potential of its people and business capacity". Also, it made a commitment to its Owner, represented by all Chileans: to double its economic value in the period 2000-2006 on the basis of the copper price forecasts in the international markets.

To meet these commitments, Codelco defined seven Strategic Priorities in which it will focus its efforts:

• To fully develop its business potential both in Chile and abroad.
• To develop the potential of its workers and supervisors, participative management and to strengthen the Strategic Alliance.
• To ensure the integral quality and continuous improvement of the processes.
• To incorporate technology as an essential condition for competitivity.
• To create new markets and to promote copper consumption.
• To reinforce its commitment to protect the environment and to strengthen its relationships with the community.
• To create the institutional conditions making it possible to compete in equal conditions with the private companies of the industry.