{{Short description|Government ministry of Chile}}{{Infobox government agency | name = Ministry of Mining | native_name = Ministerio de Minería | logo = Logo del Ministerio de Minería de Chile.png | logo_size = 150px | formed = 1953 | preceding1 = • Ministry of Mines (March 1953–Jule 1953) | jurisdiction = Government of Chile | headquarters = Amunátegui 232<br />Santiago | minister1_name = Daniel Mas | minister1_pfo = Minister of Mining | minister2_name = Suina Chahuán Kim | minister2_pfo = Undersecretary of Mining | website = https://www.minmineria.cl }} The '''Ministry of Mining''' ({{langx|es|Ministerio de Minería}}) is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of matters related to mining in Chile. The minister of mining in Chile is also the board president of the National Mining Enterprise (ENAMI).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Organigrama |url=https://www.enami.cl/SobreENAMI/Pages/Organigrama.aspx |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=enami.cl |language=es}}</ref><ref name="Ningthoujam">{{Cite web |last=Ningthoujam |first=Natalia |date=2023-08-17 |title=Chile's President Reorganizes Cabinet For 3rd Time Amid Low Approval Rating |url=https://www.latintimes.com/chiles-president-reorganizes-cabinet-3rd-time-amid-low-approval-rating-545865 |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=Latin Times |language=en}}</ref>

The mining sector contributed 16.4% of Chile's gross domestic product in 2009, 14,157&nbsp;billion pesos, mostly from copper mining.<ref>{{citation | title = Producto interno bruto por clase de actividad económica, a precios corrientes | url = http://si2.bcentral.cl/Basededatoseconomicos/951_417.asp?m=CN_B03_25&f=A&i=E | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090705114557/http://si2.bcentral.cl/Basededatoseconomicos/951_417.asp?m=CN_B03_25&f=A&i=E | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2009-07-05 | publisher = Banco Central de Chile | accessdate = 2010-10-27 }}.</ref>

In March 2026, Daniel Mas assumed the position of Minister of Mining.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silva |first=Benjamín |date=2026-03-11 |title=Daniel Mas asume como ministro de Economía, junto con los subsecretarios Karlfranz Koehler, María Paz Lagos y Osvaldo Urrutia |url=https://www.economia.gob.cl/2026/03/11/daniel-mas-asume-como-ministro-de-economia-junto-con-los-subsecretarios-karlfranz-koehler-maria-paz-lagos-y-osvaldo-urrutia.htm |access-date=2026-03-20 |website=Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Turismo |language=es}}</ref>

== List of Ministers of Mining == The following are all Ministers of Mining (1953–Present)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerio de Minería |url=https://www.minmineria.cl/?sobre-mineria=historia-del-ministerio-de-mineria |access-date=2025-11-19 |website=www.minmineria.cl}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Picture !Name !Entered office !Exited office !Notes !Appointed by |- | |Eduardo Paredes Martínez |1953 |1953 | | rowspan="10" |Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |- |91x91px |Rafael Tarud Siwady |1953 |1953 | |- |91x91px |Clodomiro Almeyda Medina |25 June, 1953 |14 October, 1953 | |- | |Francisco Cuevas Mackenna |1953 |1954 | |- |121x121px |Alejandro Hales |1954 |1954 | |- | |Roberto Aldunate León |1954 |1954 | |- | |Armando Uribe |1954 |1955 | |- | |Diego Lira Vergara |1955 |1955 | |- | |Osvaldo Sainte-Marie Soruco |1955 |1957 | |- | |Emilio González G. |1957 |1958 | |- | |Roberto Vergara Herrera |1958 |1960 | | rowspan="5" |Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez |- |91x91px |Enrique Serrano de Viale Rigo |1960 |1961 | |- | |Julio Chaná |1961 |1962 | |- |91x91px |Joaquín Prieto Concha |1962 |1963 | |- | |Luis Palacios Rossini |1963 |1964 | |- |91x91px |Eduardo Simián Gallet |1964 |1966 | | rowspan="2" |Eduardo Frei Montalva |- |121x121px |Alejandro Hales |1966 |1970 | |- | |Orlando Cantuarias Zepeda |1970 |1972 | | rowspan="8" |Salvador Allende |- | |Mauricio Jungk Stahl |1972 |1972 | |- | |Pedro Palacios Cameron |1972 |1972 | |- |91x91px |Jorge Arrate |June 17, 1972 |July 10, 1972 |Interim |- | |Alfonso David Lebón |1972 |1972 | |- | |Claudio Sepúlveda Donoso |1972 |1973 | |- |91x91px |Sergio Bitar Chacra |1973 |1973 | |- |91x91px |Pedro Ramírez Correa |1973 |1973 | |- | |Rolando González Acevedo |1973 |1973 | | rowspan="10" |Augusto Pinochet |- | |Arturo Yovane |1973 |1974 | |- | |Agustín Toro Dávila |1974 |1975 | |- | |Luis Valenzuela Blanquier |1975 |1978 | |- | |Carlos Quiñones |1978 |1980 | |- |91x91px |José Piñera Echenique |1980 |1981 | |- | |Hernán Felipe Errázuriz |1981 |1982 | |- | |Samuel Lira Ovalle |1982 |1988 | |- | |Pablo Barahona |1988 |1989 | |- | |Jorge López Bain |1989 |1990 | |- |91x91px |Juan Hamilton Depassier |1990 |1992 | | rowspan="2" |Patricio Aylwin |- |121x121px |Alejandro Hales |1992 |1994 | |- | |Benjamin Teplizky Lijavetzky |1994 |1997 | | rowspan="3" |Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle |- | |Sergio Jiménez Moraga |1997 |2000 | |- |91x91px |José de Gregorio Rebeco |2000 |2001 | |- |93x93px |Jorge Rodríguez Grossi |2001 |2002 | | rowspan="2" |Ricardo Lagos |- |91x91px |Alfonso Dulanto Rencoret |2002 |2006 | |- |91x91px |Karen Poniachik |2006 |2008 | | rowspan="2" |Michelle Bachelet |- |91x91px |Santiago González Larraín |2008 |2010 | |- |91x91px |Laurence Golborne |2010 |2011 | | rowspan="2" |Sebastián Piñera |- |91x91px |Hernán de Solminihac |2011 |2014 | |- |91x91px |Aurora Williams |2014 |2018 | |Michelle Bachelet |- |91x91px |Baldo Prokurica Prokurica |2018 |2020 | | rowspan="2" |Sebastián Piñera |- |91x91px |Juan Carlos Jobet |2020 |2022 | |- |91x91px |Marcela Hernando Pérez |2022 |2023 | | rowspan="2" |Gabriel Boric |- |91x91px |Aurora Williams |2023 |2026 | |- |91x91px |Daniel Mas |2026 |Incumbent | | rowspan="2" |José Antonio Kast |- |}

==See also== *Coal mining in Chile *Codelco – the largest copper mining company in the world, owned by the Chilean state *Copper mining in Chile *Copper Stabilization Fund – fund created to manage income from copper mining *Gold mining in Chile *Illegal mining in Chile *Iron mining in Chile *Lithium mining in Chile *List of copper smelters in Chile *Sociedad Nacional de Minería – Chilean association of mining companies *''Pirquinero'' – artisanal miners in Chile

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100521075333/http://www.minmineria.cl/574/w3-channel.html Official site]

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