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Freeport Seeks Approval for $7.5 Billion Chile Mine Overhaul

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Freeport-McMoRan has launched the environmental permitting process for a $7.5 billion expansion of its El Abra copper mine in Chile, marking one of the largest mining investments ever submitted to the country’s Environmental Assessment Service. The project, in which Freeport holds a 51% stake alongside state-owned Codelco’s 49%, aims to transform El Abra into a powerhouse operation. Plans include constructing a new concentrator, a desalination p…

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Minera El Abra, a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan, entered the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA) of the Antofagasta Region, its Operational Continuity Project, an initiative that envisages an investment of approximately US$7,500 million and seeks to extend the life of the operation in 40 years.The project considers the development of a concentrator plant, a desalinizing plant, a water drive system, a thickened tailing tank, the expans…

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The Minera El Abra, a Chilean subsidiary of the United States Freeport-McMoRan, announced the entry of its Operational Continuity Project to the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA) of the Antofagasta region. The presentation is concrete after technical assessments, environmental baseline studies and project planning. According to the company, it is a design that will meet high environmental, operational and community-related standards.…

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Minera El Abra, a Chilean subsidiary of the US Freeport-McMoRan, announced today that it entered its Operational Continuity Project into the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA) of the Antofagasta Region. The presentation is the result of several years of rigorous technical assessments, environmental baseline studies and careful planning of the project, designed to meet the highest environmental, operational and community-related standa…

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BioBioChile broke the news in Chile on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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