Grupo Minero Las Cenizas

Grupo Minero Las Cenizas
Company typePrivate
IndustryCopper & Gold
GenreMining
Founded1978
HeadquartersSantiago, Chile
Cabildo mining district
Location of some of the principal mining assets of Grupo Minero Las Cenizas

Grupo Minero Las Cenizas is a medium-scale Chilean copper mining company. It owns mines in the regions of Antofagasta and Valparaíso.[1] In 2022 it purchased Franke mine and its mineral processing facilities from KGHM Polska Miedź.[1][2] Grupo Minero Las Cenizas had formerly a gold mining operation in Alhué.[2][3] The company was established in 1978 and grew out from its base of operations in the mining district of Cabildo in Valparaíso Region.[2] In 2015 the company produced 25,000 metric tons of copper.[3]

Mines

  • Antofagasta Region
  • Valparaíso Region
    • El Sauce
    • Carmen Margarita

References

  1. ^ a b "KGHM vendió en US$25 millones su mina Franke a Minera Las Cenizas". Guía Minera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-18.
  2. ^ a b c "Historia". Grupo Minero Las Cenizas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-25.
  3. ^ a b "Minera Las Cenizas S.A." Guía Minera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-18.