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Low copper prices force Codelco to revise underground expansion of Chuquicamata

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 23, 2017 | 7:01 am Base Metals Precious Metals Top Companies Europe Latin America Copper Silver 

Chile’s Codelco, the world's top copper producer, plans to introduce key changes to one of its flagship projects — the much-needed underground expansion of its century-old Chuquicamata mine — as lower metal prices call for higher efficiencies. The modifications, filed last week,...

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