Chilean nationalization of copper
OverviewThe mines involved in the nationalizationSecond stage of nationalizationThird stage of nationalizationSee also
By the late 1950s, the three principal copper mines in Chile were Chuquicamata, El Salvador, and El Teniente. Chuquicamata and El Salvador were owned by the Anacondapany and El Teniente was owned by the Kennecott Copper Corporation. The La Exotica mine, an adjunct of Chuquicamata, was added to these big mines in 1966.These large mines were mainly self contained and self sustaining settlements with their own cities to house their workers, their own water and electrical plants, their own
