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La Compañía
Minera Centinela es una empresa que nace a partir de la integración de las compañías
mineras El Tesoro y Esperanza, con el fin de capturar las sinergias de ambas
operaciones, aprovechando las condiciones geográficas, técnicas y logísticas, que
hacen posible una planificación y operación minera integrada y con mayores
economías de escala, logrando así una posición más competitiva en la industria. De
esta forma, Minera Centinela se posiciona como una de las empresas mineras más
grandes del país, aplicando altos estándares de desempeño en sus operaciones y
procesos, rigiendo su actuar sobre la base de los principios y políticas de Antofagasta
Minerals.
Minera Centinela is a company born from the merger of the operations of the mining
companies El Tesoro and Esperanza, with the purpose of capturing the synergies of
both operations, taking advantage of the geographic, technical and logistic conditions
that make possible the integrated mining planning and operation and better scale
economies, thus accomplishing a more competitive position in the industry. This way,
Minera Centinela becomes one of the largest mining companies in the world, applying
high performance standards to its operations and processes, basing its performance on
the principles and policies of Antofagasta Minerals.
Minera Centinela owns several copper and gold deposits located in the Sierra Gorda
commune (30 km from said town), in the Antofagasta region. Centinela is pioneer in
the incorporation of significant technological solutions in its key processes, such as the
thermo-solar plant, one of the largest of its kind in the world, used for the heating of
solutions used in the electro-winning process, as well as for the large-scale application
of thickened tailings and for the use of seawater in its industrial processes.
Currently, Minera Centinela represents 40% of the production of the Antofagasta
Minerals Mining Group, with a production of almost 270 thousand tons of copper and
200 thousand ounces of gold. In the next few years, we can expect the development of
new operations, which will make Minera Centinela a great mining district. Among the
new operations, there is the exploitation of the Encuentro and Esperanza Sur deposits.
This development will allow the company to extend the service life of its extractive sites
in 25 years, with a production of almost 400 thousand tons of fine copper per year.
In 2015, Minera Centinela produced 145.200 tons of fine copper, 75.900 tons of copper
cathodes, 162.500 ounces of gold.