Chile · Mining
New plan unveiled: Mining Minister Daniel Mas presented Chile’s new mining strategy on 13 August 2026 at Clapes UC in Santiago.
“Less taxes”: the government proposes cutting the corporate tax rate from 27% to 23% and offering 25-year tax-stability contracts for strategic projects.
Copper target: lift output back above 6 million tonnes a year, up from 5.415 million tonnes in 2025.
Cross-border pipeline: reactivating the Chile–Argentina mining treaty is tied to about US$20.7 billion in projected investment and 540,000 extra tonnes of copper a year.
