Compañía Minera Disputada de Las Condes begins to
develop the deposit.
Minera y Metalúrgica Peñarroya acquires Disputada de Las
Condes.
National Mining Corporation (ENAMI) purchases Disputada
de Las Condes.
Exxon
Minerals acquires majority interest in Disputada
de Las Condes.
.
The
new concentrating plant San Francisco goes into
operation with a production capacity of 4,800 tonnes
per day after being destroyed by an avalanche in
1978.
Anglo American Chile acquires Disputada de las Condes
and the deposit becomes part of its operations.
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important expansion projects begin, which will bring
processing to 54,000 tonnes per day.
Initiation of the Los Bronces Development Project,
which will enable production to rise to 400,000
tons of fine copper by 2011.
