page_title: Mining in Chile
section_title: Other minerals
hierarchical_section_title: Mining in Chile / Other minerals
caption_attribution_description: English: Andacollo: Industrial gold mine. Gold mine in Andacollo. Norsk bokmål: Andacollo: Gullgruve.
context_page_description: The mining sector in Chile is one of the pillars of Chilean economy and copper exports alone stands for more than one third of government income. Most mining in Chile is concentrated to the Norte Grande region spanning most of the Atacama Desert. Mining products of Chile includes copper, gold, silver, molybdenum, iron and coal.
context_section_description: Since the late 1970s, the production of gold and silver has increased greatly. The lead, iron and petroleum industries have shrunk since the mid-1970s, the result of both adverse international market conditions and declines in the availability of some of these resources. With a combined total value of about US$4 billion, two of the largest investments planned in Chile in the early 1990s were designated for aluminium-smelter projects in the Puerto Aisén and Strait of Magellan areas.
caption: Gold mine in Andacollo
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