Ministro Hales

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Ministro Hales
Location
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Ministro Hales
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Ministro Hales
Antofagasta Region
Country Chile
Coordinates 22°22′54.56″S68°54′44.52″W / 22.3818222°S 68.9123667°W / -22.3818222; -68.9123667
Production
Products Copper
Production126,000 tons of copper
Financial year2023
History
Opened2010
Owner
Company Codelco

Ministro Hales is an open-pit copper mine in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It lies at an altitude of 2,600 meters above sea level in the inland commune of Calama. [1] Codelco owns and operates the mine. [1] In 2023 it produced 126,000 tons of copper down from 152,000 tons in 2022 and 181,700 tons in 2021. [2] It is named after Alejandro Hales (1923–2001) who served as the Minister of Mining from September 1992 to March 1994. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ministro Hales". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  2. ↑ Anuario de estadisticas del cobre y otros minerales [Yearbook: Copper and Other Mineral Statistics: 2004 2023] (Report). Comisión Chilena del Cobre. 2024.
  3. ↑ "Alejandro Hales Jamarne". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Archived from the original on August 19, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
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