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Codelco in numbers
Our mission is to maximize Codelco's economic, environmental, and social value and its contribution to the state in a sustainable manner through copper mining and its byproducts.. These are the relevant figures from our latest results release for the January-December 2024 period.
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US$ 5.439 billion
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Codelco potencia la refinería de Ventanas con tecnología de vanguardia
Located in the commune of Calama, 3,000 meters above sea level.
Radomiro Tomic
Radomiro Tomic is a mine located in the commune of Calama, at 3,000 meters above sea level. It is an open-pit mine for obtaining oxidized minerals. It has reserves of 1.39 billion tons of sulfides, with an average grade of 0.5%.
Radomiro Tomic
It is located 15 km north of Calama, in the Antofagasta Region.
Chuquicamata
Chuquicamata Division is an open-pit copper and gold mine located 15 km north of Calama, in the Antofagasta Region. It is considered the largest of its kind in the world and is currently undergoing a significant transformation process.
Chuquicamata
Located at 2,600 meters above sea level, almost 10 kilometers north of Calama
Ministro Hales
Ministro Hales Division is located at an altitude of 2,600 meters, almost 10 kilometers north of Calama on the road that connects this city with Chuquicamata. In operation since 2010, it is an open pit mine. It produces copper calcine, copper concentrate and silver.
Ministro Hales
Located in the Antofagasta Region, Sierra Gorda commune
Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral Division is located in the Antofagasta Region, Sierra Gorda commune, at an altitude of 2,660 meters above sea level. It is 100% autonomously operated by extraction trucks, 20% of its staff is female and 8% belongs to indigenous peoples.
Gabriela Mistral
Located in the commune of Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Salvador
It is located in the municipality of Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile. It is responsible for the Inca mine, which is an underground mine, and the Campamento Antiguo and Damiana Norte mines, both open pit mines. Its operations date back to 1959.
Salvador
It is located more than 3 thousand meters above sea level in the Valparaíso Region.
Andina
Andina Division is located at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters above sea level in the Valparaíso Region. Operations combine open pit and underground mining. Currently, this division is engaged in mineral exploitation in the Río Blanco underground mine and in the Sur Sur open pit mine.
Andina
It is located in Puchuncaví, in the Valparaíso Region
Ventanas
Ventanas Division is located in the commune of Puchuncaví, in the coastal area of the Valparaíso Region. It is a refinery where copper is processed to produce cathodes.
Ventanas
Machalí, Liberator General Bernardo O'Higgins Region
El Teniente
El Teniente is the largest underground copper deposit on the planet. It is located in the municipality of Machalí, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region, 50 kilometers from the city of Rancagua. It began to be exploited in 1905 and already has more than 4,500 kilometers of underground galleries.
El Teniente
Radomiro Tomic
Chuquicamata
Ministro Hales
Gabriela Mistral
Salvador
Andina
Ventanas
El Teniente