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Eduardo Nilo

PRESIDENT – SOUTH AMERICA, METSO OUTOTEC

"Cochilco’s list of investments for Chilean mining shows a portfolio of 51 projects with the potential to be executed between now and 2030 for US$69 billion, but this will require collaboration between all actors in the industry, because the demands of communities and the environment are growing continuously."

Mining

Chile

Gerardo Illanes

CFO, SOCIEDAD QUÍMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE (SQM)

“Regarding lithium in Chile, we are increasing our capacity from 120,000 t/y of lithium carbonate to 210,000 t/y in the middle of 2023.”

Mining

Chile

Ignacio Mehech

VP EXTERNAL AFFAIRS & COUNTRY MANAGER CHILE, ALBEMARLE

"Albemarle is excited about the creation of a national lithium company to build policy regarding lithium, create opportunities to add value in Chile, develop the value chain within the country, and also to invest more in R&D in the lithium space."

Mining

Chile

Yair Frastai & Amitai Axelrod

CEO & CO-FOUNDER, COO & CO-FOUNDER,VERAI DISCOVERIES

"VerAI is a disruptive AI-based mineral asset generator that changes how the world discovers mineral deposits."

Mining

Chile

Dave Lawson

PRESIDENT – MINING & METALS, WOOD

"Projects are going to get bigger and more expensive due to the amount of rock we have to mine and move around to produce the copper needed to meet the demand, especially as ore grades are declining."

Mining

Chile

Joaquín Villarino

CEO, CONSEJO MINERO

"The country’s investment portfolio stands at US$60 billion, which is remarkable. The challenge is to execute these investments."

Mining

Chile

Jamil Sader

CEO, MONUMENTAL MINERALS

“Our goal is that by the end of 2023 we have advanced, through high quality exploration, both our Laguna Blanca and Jemi to a point where they are ready for preliminary economic assessments (PEAs).”

Mining

Chile

Marcela Hernando

MINISTER OF MINING, GOVERNMENT OF CHILE

“We would like exploration to open the door to new developments, so we aim to make the necessary regulatory changes to increase legal certainty for those who are willing to invest in exploration.”

Mining

Chile

Mario Theurl

MANAGING DIRECTOR, ZÜBLIN STRABAG CHILE

“I am convinced that our appreciation towards our great teams with open and transparent communication and our customer centricity are key to success.”

Mining

Chile

Marcelo Awad

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WEALTH MINERALS

"Just by developing known reserves, even without exploration success, Chile can increase its copper production by around 2 million t/y and its lithium production by around 1 million t/y."