{{Short description|Independent mining policy advisory body in Chile}}
<!-- Note: The following pages were redirects to [[Chilean_Copper_Commission]] before draftification: *[[COCHILCO]] *[[Cochilco]] *[[Comisión Chilena del Cobre]] --> [[file:LogoCochilco.png|thumb|250px|Logotype of the Chilean Copper Commission.]] The '''Chilean Copper Commission''' (Spanish: ''Comisión Chilena del Cobre'') or '''COCHILCO''' is a technical agency aimed to provide advice to the Chilean government on issues related to copper,<ref name=marmar85>{{Cite journal |title=The mining concession from an economic perspective |journal=Minerals & Energy - Raw Materials Report |last1=Mardones |first1=José Luis |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=2–35 |last2=Marshall |first2=Isabel|year=1985 |doi=10.1080/14041048509408477 |bibcode=1985MERMR...3...32M }}</ref> a metal of which Chile is [[copper mining in Chile|the worlds largest producer]],<ref>[https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-copper.pdf Copper production in 2024 by USGS]</ref> and mining in general.<ref name=bnameric>{{Cite web |title=Comisión Chilena del Cobre (COCHILCO) |url=https://www.bnamericas.com/es/perfil-empresa/comision-chilena-del-cobre |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=[[BNamericas]] |language=es}}</ref> It is one of Chile's mining-sector state entities, together with [[ENAMI (Chile)|National Mining Enterprise]] (ENAMI) and the [[National Geology and Mining Service]] (SERNAGEOMIN).<ref name=soren>{{Cite journal |title=La formalización de la pequeña minería en Chile: logros y desafíos de la Empresa Nacional de Minería (ENAMI) |journal=[[Investigaciones Geográficas]] |last1=Scholvin |first1=Sören |volume=66 |pages=1–13 |last2=Atienza |first2=Miguel |language=es}}</ref> It was established in 1976.<ref name=bnameric />
Each year, COCHILCO publishes a report titled ''Inversión en la Minería Chilena'' (Investment in Chilean Mining), a portfolio of mining projects with a rolling ten-year forecast.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mining investments in Chile to hit $65.71 bln by 2032, says Cochilco |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/mining-investments-chile-hit-6571-bln-by-2032-says-cochilco-2023-12-26/ |website=Reuters |access-date=4 September 2025 |date=December 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cartera de proyectos mineros alcanza su mayor valor en 10 años |url=https://www.economia.gob.cl/2024/12/04/cartera-de-proyectos-mineros-alcanza-su-mayor-valor-en-10-anos.htm |website=[[Ministry of Economy, Development, and Tourism (Chile)|Ministry of Economy, Development, and Tourism]] |access-date=4 September 2025 |language=es |date=4 December 2024 |type=Press release |archive-date=10 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250710202714/https://www.economia.gob.cl/2024/12/04/cartera-de-proyectos-mineros-alcanza-su-mayor-valor-en-10-anos.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> COCHILCO is together with the [[National Customs Service]] and the [[Internal Taxes Service]] (SII) one of the state entities that participate in the mining [[traceability]] programme of the [[Ministry of Finance (Chile)|Ministry of Finance]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2016-09-01 |title=Programa de Trazabilidad Minera: Los nuevos controles en la exportacón de mineraLes |magazine=[[Boletín Minero]] |url=https://www.sonami.cl/v2/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1303_2016_09.pdf |access-date=2025-09-12 |pages=7-9 |language=es}}</ref>
The agency is decentralized and governed by a council of seven persons of that includes the [[Ministry of Mining (Chile)|Minister of Mining]], the [[Ministry of National Defense (Chile)|Minister of National Defense]], the chief of the general staff of [[Chilean Armed Forces|the Armed Forces]], two persons assigned by the [[Central Bank of Chile]] and two representants named by the [[President of Chile]], of which one has to be a [[mining engineer]].<ref name=banco>{{Cite report |title=Entidades en que tiene participación el Banco Central de Chile |date=2020-06-01 |url=https://www.bcentral.cl/documents/33528/139102/Entidades%20participacion%20Banco%20junio2020.pdf/18ecbb20-36f5-6855-04cd-5f7b8a641ec8?version=1.0&t=1593185674403 |publisher=[[Banco Central de Chile]] |language=es}}</ref>
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[[Category:1976 establishments in Chile]] [[Category:Copper mining in Chile]] [[Category:Government agencies of Chile]] [[Category:Mining organisations in Chile]] [[Category:Mining law and governance in Chile]]
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