Consejo Minero (lit. Mining Council) is a guild grouping large mining companies active in Chile. [1] According to Consejo Minero in 2025 its companies produce 94% of Chile's copper, 96% of its iron, 90% of its silver and 63% of its gold and lithium. [2] Its members are Anglo American, BHP, CMP, Minera Centinela, Codelco, Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, El Abra (owned by Freeport-McMoRan and Codelco [3] ), Minera Escondida, Freeport-McMoRan, Glencore, Gold Fields, KGHM, Kinross, Lundin Mining, Pampa Norte, Minera Los Pelambres, Rio Tinto, South32, Sociedad Química y Minera and Teck Resources. [2] Prior to the joining of Compañía de Acero del Pacífico (CAP) in 2017 the guild lacked any company engaged in the production of iron. [4]
The organization was established in 1997. [5]
Its former presidents include Francisco Costabal (2005–2010), [6] [7] [8] Miguel Ángel Durán (2010–2011), [9] Jean-Paul Luksić (2011–2017), Jorge Gómez (2017–2022) [10] and Iván Arriagada (2022–). [11]