By Christian Moess Laursen Antofagasta said construction has been approved for a second concentrator at Chile's Centinela mine, expected to add 170,000.
By Ian Walker Antofagasta said that it has bought a 19% share in Compania de Minas Buenaventura for an undisclosed sum and that the two parties have started.
Company
Antofagasta plc is one of the world s leading copper producers. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- mining operation (96.8%): 7703 Kt of copper, 282,300 ounces of gold and 11,6 Kt of molybdenum produced in 20189;
- freight transportation (3.2%): rail and road transportation (6.5 Mt transported in 2019).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Switzerland (12.4%), Spain (3.1%), the United.