This was one of the campaign promises of the young left-wing president, Gabriel Boric, in power since March 2022 in Chile: to make more use of the mining sector to finance social projects in this country, the world’s largest copper producer. A particularly important metal for the manufacture of electric cars in particular. This Wednesday, May 17, the Chilean Parliament definitively adopted a law which increases the taxes paid by mining companies.
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Chile: the country puts copper mines to work
