thumb|180px|Seal and logotype of SONAMI. '''Sociedad Nacional de Minería''' (lit. National Mining Society) or '''SONAMI'''{{sfn|Ulloa Urrutia|Contreras|Gana|Miranda|2017|p=7}}<ref name=FGmemoria/> is a guild grouping mining companies operating in Chile. With 76 member companies listed as of 2025 it is more inclusive than Consejo Minero which groups only the 16 largest mining companies.<ref name=sobre>{{Cite web |title=Sobre SONAMI |url=https://www.sonami.cl/v2/acerca-de-sonami/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=sonami.cl}}</ref>{{sfn|Ulloa Urrutia|Contreras|Gana|Miranda|2017|p=50}} SONAMI was established in 1883<ref name=sobre/><ref name=FGmemoria>{{Cite web |title=Sociedad Nacional de Minería F.G |url=https://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-542814.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Memoria Chilena |language=es}}</ref> during a time when gold, silver and copper mining in Chile were experiencing a decline.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Llamado a un fabuloso porvenir. Explotaciones auríferas y poblamiento en el desierto de Atacama: el mineral de El Guanaco y la Placilla de Aguada de Cachinal, 1880-1930 |journal=Cuadernos de Historia |last=Godoy Orellana |first=Milton |url=https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0719-12432019000200009&script=sci_arttext |volume=51 |issue= |year=2019 |trans-title=Called to a fabulous future. Gold mining and settlement in the Atacama Desert: The Guanaco Ore and the Placilla Aguada de Cachinal, 1880-1930 |language=es |doi=10.4067/S0719-12432019000200009|doi-access=free }}</ref>
SONAMI declares its objectives to be to promote mining activity, represent the interests of its member in Chile and abroad and to offer information services.<ref name=sobre/> {{Infobox magazine | title = Boletín Minero | logo = | image_file = | image_caption = | editor = | editor_title = Editor-in-chief | frequency = {{plainlist| * Monthly (1883–present) }} | total_circulation = | circulation_year = | category = Trade magazine | company = Sociedad Nacional de Minería | firstdate = {{start date and age|1883|12|15}} | finaldate = | country = Chile | based = | headquarters = | language = Spanish | website = {{url|https://www.sonami.cl/v2/centro-de-documentacion/boletin-minero/}} | issn = | oclc = }} The society publishes the newsletter Boletín Minero since 1883.<ref name=FGmemoria/> SONAMI has been involved in the shaping of Chilean legislation on various moments in history such as the Chilean Mining Code of 1888, the Chilean Law on Mining Concessions in the 1980s and the 2003 DS 76 decree of the Ministry of Mining.<ref name=FGmemoria/>
The San Lorenzo Prize (''Premio San Lorenzo'') is awarded by SONAMI each year to people or institutions who contribute to mining in Chile. It is named after Saint Lawrence the patron saint of miners and is awarded on the Day of the Miner which is the feast day of Saint Lawrence.<ref name=slorenzo23/> Some recipients are: *2023: Enrique Merino Cortés; Planta Delta and Faena Tambo de Oro.<ref name=slorenzo23>{{Cite news |title=SONAMI celebró el Día del Minero y la Minera en la comuna de Salamanca |url=https://www.sonami.cl/v2/noticias/sonami-celebro-el-dia-del-minero-y-la-minera-en-la-comuna-de-salamanca/ |work=SONAMI|language=Spanish|access-date=2025-05-22}}</ref> *2022: Planta Magnetita<ref>{{Cite news |title=SONAMI premia a Compañía Minera del Pacífico por planta Magnetita |url=https://www.sonami.cl/v2/noticias-prensa/sonami-premia-a-compania-minera-del-pacifico-planta-magnetita/ |work=SONAMI|language=Spanish|access-date=2025-05-22}}</ref>
==See also== *Codelco, a Chilean state-owned copper mining company *ENAMI, a Chilean state-owned mining services company *Hernán Videla Lira, president of SONAMI from 1937 to 1965 *''Pirquinero'', artisanal miner in Chile and neighbouring countries
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==Bibliography== *{{cite book|last1=Ulloa Urrutia| first1=Alfie|last2=Contreras Biekert|first2=José Luis|last3=Gana Aravena|first3=Joaquín|last4=Miranda Toledo |first4=Rodrigo|last5=Chauveau Gerber|first5=Paul|first6=Fernando|last6=Villalobos Valenzuela|last7=Farías Soto|first7=Javiera|title=Productividad en la Gran Minería del Cobre|chapter=|year=2017 |pages= |publisher=Comisión Nacional de Productividad|language=Spanish|isbn=978-956-7725-08-3}}
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