{{Short description|Chilean mining industry association}} '''Consejo Minero''' (lit. Mining Council) is a [[guild]] grouping large mining companies active in Chile.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Consejo Minero (CM) |url=https://www.guiaminera.cl/consejo-minero-cm/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=Guía Minera |language=es}}</ref> According to Consejo Minero in 2025 its companies produce 94% of [[copper mining in Chile|Chile's copper]], 96% of [[Iron mining in Chile|its iron]], 90% of its silver and 63% of [[gold mining in Chile|its gold]] and [[lithium mining in Chile|lithium]].<ref name=socios>{{Cite web |title=Socios |url=https://consejominero.cl/nosotros/socios/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Consejo Minero|language=es}}</ref> Its members are [[Anglo American plc|Anglo American]], [[BHP]], [[Compañía Minera del Pacífico|CMP]], [[Minera Centinela]], [[Codelco]], [[Collahuasi mine|Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi]], [[El Abra mine|El Abra]] (owned by [[Freeport-McMoRan]] and Codelco<ref name="reuters 1">{{cite news |title=Freeport's Chile-based El Abra mine, union seal wage agreement |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-copper-freeport-mcmoran-idUSKCN0XP2VV |accessdate=5 June 2018 |work=Reuters |date=10 April 2016}}</ref>), [[Minera Escondida]], Freeport-McMoRan, [[Glencore]], [[Gold Fields]], [[KGHM Polska Miedź|KGHM]], [[Kinross Gold|Kinross]], [[Lundin Mining]], [[Pampa Norte (company)|Pampa Norte]], [[Minera Los Pelambres]], [[Rio Tinto (corporation)|Rio Tinto]], [[South32]], [[Sociedad Química y Minera]] and [[Teck Resources]].<ref name=socios/> Prior to the joining of [[Compañía de Acero del Pacífico]] (CAP) in 2017 the guild lacked any company engaged in the [[iron mining in Chile|production of iron]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Grupo minero CAP se incorpora al Consejo Minero y se conveirte en la primera productora de hierro en sumarse a la entidad gremial |date=2017-07-03 |url=https://www.portalminero.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=134643829 |access-date=2025-04-30 |work=Portal Minero |language=es}}</ref>
The organization was established in 1997.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Informe de la Gran Minería Chilena |publisher=Consejo Minero de Chile |year=2001 |pages=4 |language=es |trans-title=Report of the Large-Scale Mining in Chile |chapter=Carta del Presidente|last=Hernández C.|first=Diego}}</ref>
Its former presidents include [[Francisco Costabal]] (2005–2010),<ref name=bolmi>{{Cite magazine |date=2025-06-03 |title=Francisco Costabal: "Nunca me voy a retirar de la minería" |magazine=[[Boletín Minero]] |pages=12-15|volume=94|language=es}}</ref><ref name=portmin1>{{Cite web |title=Aprimin entregó reconocimiento a Francisco Costabal |url=https://www.portalminero.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=7013288 |date=2010-08-23 |access-date=2025-09-11 |website=Portal Minero |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Francisco Costabal asumió presidencia de Consejo Minero |last= |first= |date=2005-07-08 |url=https://www.mch.cl/negocios-industria/francisco-costabal-asumio-presidencia-de-consejo-minero/ |access-date=2025-09-10 |work=Minería Chilena |language=es}}</ref> [[Miguel Ángel Durán]] (2010–2011),<ref>[https://www.mch.cl/negocios-industria/jean-paul-luksic-asumira-presidencia-del-directorio-del-consejo-minero-en-reemplazo-de-miguel-angel-duran-2/?vn%2F2023-03-07784695_html Jean Paul Luksic asumirá presidencia del directorio del Consejo Minero en reemplazo de Miguel Ángel Durán]</ref> [[Jean-Paul Luksić]] (2011–2017), Jorge Gómez (2017–2022)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jorge Gómez de Collahuasi reemplaza a Jean Paul Luksic en Consejo Minero |date=2017-07-03 |url=https://www.reporteminero.cl/noticia/noticias/2017/07/jorge-gomez-de-collahuasi-reemplaza-a-jean-paul-luksic-en-consejo-minero |archive-date= |access-date=2025-09-13 |work=Reporte Minero & Energético |language=es}}</ref> and Iván Arriagada (2022–).<ref>[https://www.iimch.cl/index.php/noticias2/actualidad/3018-consejo-minero-elige-nuevo-presidente-de-su-directorio-y-renueva-comite-ejecutivo Consejo Minero elige nuevo presidente de su Directorio y renueva Comité Ejecutivo]</ref>
==See also== *[[Canadian mining in Latin America and the Caribbean]] *[[Chilean nationalization of copper]] *[[Law on Mining Concessions|Chilean Law on Mining Concessions]] *[[Sociedad Nacional de Minería]]
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:1997 establishments in Chile]] [[Category:Mining organisations in Chile]] [[Category:Mining trade associations]]