World No 1 copper producer Codelco said on Wednesday that Chilean environmental authorities approved its $5.4-billion Radomiro Tomic sulfides project, a key part of the state-owned company’s plans to boost production.
Codelco will build a 200 000 t/d concentrator and a 1 600 l/s sea-water desalinisation plant that will allow the new project, located in Chile’s arid Atacama desert, to operate without the use of fresh water.
