Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Antofagasta minerals o Chile i kāna hōʻike hou loa ma ka 20th.ʻO ka huahana keleawe o ka hui i ka hapa mua o kēia makahiki he 269000 tons, i lalo o 25.7% mai ka 362000 tons i ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala, ma muli o ka maloʻo ma ka Coquimbo a me Los Pelambres mau wahi keleawe keleawe, a me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o i hoʻoponopono ʻia e ka concentrator o ka mine keleawe korinela;Eia kekahi, pili pū kekahi i ka hanana pipeline concentrate transport ma Los pelanbres mining area i Iune o kēia makahiki.

Ua'ōleloʻo Ivan arriagada, ka pelekikena hoʻokō o ka hui, ma muli o nā kumu i luna, ua manaʻoʻia ka hana keleawe o ka hui i kēia makahiki he 640000 a 660000 tons;Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi ka mea kanu pōmaikaʻi o Saint ignera i ka pae oka, e hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o ka wai i loaʻa ma Los pelanbres mining area, a e hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia ka pipeline transport concentrate, i hiki i ka hui ke hoʻokō i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hiki i ka hapa ʻelua. keia makahiki.

Eia kekahi, ʻo ka hopena o ka emi ʻana o ka hana a me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai kumu waiwai e hoʻopau ʻia e ka nāwaliwali o ka Chilean Peso, a ʻo ke kumu kūʻai kālā o ka mining keleawe e manaʻo ʻia he $1.65 / paona i kēia makahiki.Ua hāʻule nui nā kumukūʻai keleawe mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Iune o kēia makahiki, i hui pū ʻia me ka piʻi nui ʻana, e hoʻoikaika ana i ka manaʻo o ka ʻoihana e kāohi i nā kumukūʻai.

Ua manaʻo ʻo Aliagada he 82% ka holomua i ka hana hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana o Los pelanbres copper mine, me ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi mea kanu desalination ma Los vilos, e hoʻokomo ʻia i ka hana i ka hapahā ʻehā o kēia makahiki.