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Chile’s Codelco kicks off $3.5 billion copper mine expansion

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 04, 2012 | 6:25 pm Base Metals Top Companies Europe Latin America Copper 

Chilean state-own Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, began construction of the access tunnels to the new level of its El Teniente copper mine on Tuesday.  The expansion is part of a $3.5 billion project that will allow the company to...

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