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Chile set to make mining desalination mandatory

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 02, 2014 | 5:15 pm Base Metals Top Companies Europe Latin America Copper 

[caption id="attachment_765642" align="aligncenter" width="600"]This is how dry Chile’s north can be. From WikiMedia Commons [/caption] Chile’s lower house members have submitted a draft bill aimed to make the use of desalinated water in mining processes mandatory, in an effort to...

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