Tag: Codelco

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 - 03:47 UTC

  Chile and France sign deal for development of uranium

  

  Chile and France on Saturday signed a deal promoting the exploration and development of uranium. The deal between the state-owned Codelco (copper mining company) formalizes France’s ability to source minerals, including uranium, from Chile’s mining sector.

• Friday, April 23rd 2010 - 01:40 UTC

  Chile’s nationalized copper company taps private sector CEO

  

  Chile’s nationalized copper company—and the largest copper company in the world—has a new CEO. Diego Hernández Cabrera, a current executive with International mining giant BHP Billiton, was appointed unanimously this week as CEO by Codelco’s board of executives.