What is Codelco?
{{Infobox Company | company_name=CODELCO | company_logo=Codelco logo.svg | company_type=[[Government-owned corporation|Government-owned]] | foundation= (1955) | location= [[Santiago]], [[Chile]] | key_people= | num_employees= 17,880 | revenue = {{profit}} [[US$]] 16.0 billion (2010) | industry= [[Mining]] | products=[[Copper]] | homepage= {{url|http://www.codelco.com/}} }} '''Codelco-Chile''' ({{lang-es|Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile - CODELCO}}) is a state mining company in [[Chile]] that uses and exploits [[copper]]. == History == It was founded in 1955 like the ''Copper Office''. In 1966, under President [[Eduardo Frei Montalva]], the [[Copper Office]] changes the name to ''Copper Corporation of Chile (Codelco)''. It was nationalized on July 11, 1971 under [[Salvador Allende]]. In 1976 was created the ''Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile'' under the [[Augusto Pinochet]] administration. == Features == Considering the size of installations and volume of production, it is considered one of the largest mining companies in the world. == Related pages == * [[Chilean Nationalization of Copper]] == Other websites == {{Commons|Codelco}} * [http://www.codelco.com Official Site of ''Codelco-Chile''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040909062654/http://www.codelco.com/ |date=2004-09-09 }} {{stub}} [[Category:Mining companies]] [[Category:Companies of Chile]] [[Category:Organisations based in Santiago, Chile]]