Chile
South American / Latin American
Strip shaped Long Coastal Line More states to area ratio Highly Blessed with natural
resources Huge economic potential Big Mining Industry Located on fault zone Contains mountains and
deserts Spanish speaking Christianity followers
MINING in CHILE
IntroductionMajor MineralsMajor Mines & ProjectsMajor CompaniesTypes of MiningMine MachineryProblems in MiningMining & EconomyConclusion
INTRODUCTION
What is Mining?? How is it done? Why is it necessary? Its advantages? Dis-advantages? What it worth's?
MINERALS & LOCATION
MINERALS & LOCATION
MAJOR MINERALS
Stats from 2008
MAJOR MINERALS
Minerals Rank %age Share Uses
Copper 1st 40% Wires, Electrodes, Cooking apparatus
Arsenic 2nd 21% Insecticides, Pesticides, Alloys
Iodine 1st 60% Salt, Medicine, Sterilizing agent
Boron 3rd 19% Medicine, Food preservative
Silver 5th 6% Pots, Jewelry, Coins, Medicine
Pumicite & Selenium
6th - Concrete, Cement, Polishes, Erasers
Molybdenum 3rd - Heat resistant, manufacturing in Industries
Iron - - Steel, Pipes, Mechanical Structures
Gold Among top 10 19% Jewelry, Medicine, Electroplating, Religion, Dentistry, Catalysts.
OTHER MINERALS Platinum Titanium Manganese Nitrates Sulfates Feldspar Gypsum Lithium Clays
MAJOR MINES & PROJECTS
MAJOR COPPER MINES
Candelabra mine Chuquicamata Collahuasi mine El Abra mine El Morro mine El Salvador mine El Teniente Escondida Esperanza mine
Inca de Oro mine Los Bronces mine Los Pelambres mine Mantos Blancos mine Mantoverde mine Radomiro Tomic mine San José Mine
MAJOR COPPER MINES
El Abra mine
El Teniente Mantos Blancos mine
MAJOR GOLD MINES Candelaria Mine Cerro Cassel mine El Indio Gold Belt El Morro mine El pennon mine Lobo-Marti mine Madre de Dios mine Maricunga Gold mine Pascua Lama mine San Jose mine
MAJOR GOLD MINES
El Indio Gold Belt
Maricunga Gold mine Candelaria Mine
COAL MINES Catamutún El Chiflón del Diablo
Mina Invierno
SILVER MINES Arqueros
Candelaria mine
Chañarcillo
OTHERS Titanium Mine (Cerro Blanco mine)
Zinc Mine (El Toqui mine )
MAJOR COMPANIES(International)
Anglo American(United Kingdom)Barrick Gold(Canada)BHP Billiton(United Kingdom &
Australia)Newmont Rio Tinto(United Kingdom &
Australia)Xstrata (Switzerland)
MAJOR COMPANIES(Domestic)
CODELCO (World’s largest producer of Copper)
Kinross(Owns two major Gold mines in Chile)
Antofagasta
TYPES OF MINESSurface Mines
Pascua Lama
Mina Invierno
Chuquicamata
TYPES OF MINES
San José Mine
Compañía Minera San Esteban Primera
Underground Mines
TYPES OF MINES
Solution Mines
Iodine being mined
Gypsum Mining Borates being mined
MINE MECHINARY
Hydraulic excavators Compressor and jack hammer
Loaders Loader back hoe
Skid steel loader roller
graders tractor
Wheeled pavers Lift tracks
bulldozers
EXPLORER, WASH PLANTS, GRAVITY SEPARATION PLANTS, PORTABLE PLANTS
DRY MINING, DRY PROCESSING PLANT AND MACHINERY
SUPERMINER WASH PLANTS, GRAVITY SEPARATION PLANTS, PORTABLE PLANTS
PORTABLE CRUSHING, SCREENING, GRINDING PLANTS
DUAL FLOW ROTARY DRYERS
SEMI STATIONARY GRAVITY SEPARATION PLANTS (WASH PLANTS)
STATIONARY CRUSHING & GRINDING PLANTS
MAGNETIC SEPARATORS, ELECTRO MAGNETIC MINERALS SEPARATORS, MINING EQUIPMENT SEPARATORS
JAW CRUSHERS DREDGING PLANTS
HOPPERS & FEEDERS STATIONS
FLOATING PLANTS
BALL MILL, GRINDING MILL JIG SEPARATORS, JIG
CONCENTRATORS
Blasting MachineDrilling Machine
PROBLEMS in MINING
Located along Fault zone Depleting Resources Too much dependability Mine Accidents Earthquakes
Punitaqui October 15, 1997 01:03 7.1 MW VIII[citation needed] 56 30.773°S 71.315°W
8[citation needed]
Near coast of northern Chile
January 30, 1998 12:16 (UTC) 7.1 M? VII 42 23.910°S 70.200°W
1Minor damage to older buildings.
Chile-Argentina border region
June 18, 2002 6.6 M?
Near coast of central Chile
June 20, 2003 9:30 6.8 M? VI 12.8 30.520°S 71.420°W
Felt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Biobío May 3, 2004 00:36 6.6 MW VI 21 37.649°S 73.439°W
Minor damage and power outages occurred at Cañete.
Tarapacá June 13, 2005 18:44 7.8 MW VII 108/117.219.895°S 69.125°W/ 19.934°S 69.028°W
11Felt as far away as Santiago, Chile and Brasília, Brazil.
TocopillaNovember 14, 2007
12:40 7.7 MW VIII 47.7/4022.314°S 70.078°W/ 22.204°S 69.869°W
2Felt at São Paulo, Brazil.
AntofagastaDecember 16, 2007
5:09 6.7 MW VI 57.8 22.914°S 70.060°W
0
Disrupted power and telecommunications throughout the epicentral area from Antofagasta to Iquique.
TarapacáFebruary 4, 2008
14:01 6.3 MW V 32.3 20.123°S 70.000°W
PapudoDecember 18, 2008
18:19 6.3[5]/5.9[6] MW/ML V[6] 24.8[6]/35[5]
32.416°S 71.533°W[5]/ 32°28′33″S 71°54′0″W[6]
0[citation needed]
Offshore Tarapacá
November 13, 2009
00:05 6.5 MW V 28 19.385°S 70.266°W
0[citation needed]Felt in Peru and Bolivia.
Drake Passage
January 17, 2010
8:00 6.3[7] MW 10[7]57.6713°S 65.9097°W[7]
0[citation needed]
Offshore Maule/Biobío
February 27, 2010
03:34 8.8 MW IX 30/3536.290°S 73.239°W/ 35.909°S 72.733°W
525Destructive tsunami.
PichilemuMarch 11, 2010
11:39 6.9[8][9] MW VII[8][9] 11[9]/33.1[8]
34.259°S 71.929°W[9]/ 34°18′3″S 72°7′47″W[8]
1[10]
AraucaníaJanuary 2, 2011
17:20 7.1[11]/6.9[12] MW/ML VI[12][11] 25.1[11]/32.1[12]
38.354°S 73.275°W[11]/ 38°21′43″S75°1′55″W[12]
0[citation needed]
TalcaMarch 25, 2012
19:37 7.1[13] /7.0[14] MW/MW VII[13]/VIII[14] 34.8[13]/40.7[14]
35.183°S 71.792°W [14]/ 35°12′0″S 72°13′1″W[13]
1[15]
CoquimboOctober 31, 2013
23:03 6.5[16] MW V[16] 10.0[16]30.29°S 71.57°W [16]
Iquique
Offshore
Tarapacá
April 1, 2014 20:46 8.2 Mw6[17][18][19][20]
MINING as a subject of its ECONOMY 19.2% of Chilean GDP
24% higher if compared to previous year
65% of country’s all exports US$ 67.9 billion freight on Board (FOB) economy is expanding by nearly 6%
annually mining investment to be implemented
is US$66.9 billion Out of 660,ooo jobs, mostly were in
mining sector in last 2 years.
Quick Facts
Population: 17.4 million GDP (PPP): $320.5 billion 5.5% growth in 2012 5-year compound annual growth 3.8% $18,419 per capita Unemployment: 6.5% Inflation (CPI): 3.0% FDI Inflow: $30.3 billion Public Debt: 11.2% of GDP
ECONOMY
Employment
COPPER Importance to Chile 40% of the world’s total
production Largest reserves US$54.3 billion will be spent on
Copper 60% Copper exports among all
COPPER
COPPER
on the decreasing end for the last few months
Expected to grow 40% by the end of 2020.
Chile’s vast array of commoditiesMassive copper expansions take the spotlight.
COPOPERCopper export destination
ECONOMY
ECONOMY
GENERAL IMPACTS OF MINING massive number of jobs Increased capital inflow Greater Investments Increased export capacity Development of local infrastructure Improved lifestyles & living standards Higher tax revenues Therefore, Higher GDP & better
economy.
Conclusion MINING: By far a Big Deal.
“You take Mining out of Chile, you take Chile out of Chile” (Ali Hassan).
ONLY “Relevant & Logical” questions are welcomed???