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A Once-Great Copper Miner Faces a Reckoning Just as AI Power Demand Soars
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A Once-Great Copper Miner Faces a Reckoning Just as AI Power Demand Soars Chile’s Codelco, facing scrutiny for a fatal accident and inflated production figures, is struggling under $25 billion of debt. As global demand for copper surges, one of the world’s biggest miners finds itself in a precarious state. Chile’s state-owned Codelco, long the backbone of the country’s mining industry and a crucial source of government revenue, is struggling under $25 billion of debt and its lowest output in...
A Once-Great Copper Miner Faces a Reckoning Just as AI Power Demand Soars
Chile’s Codelco, facing scrutiny for a fatal accident and inflated production figures, is struggling under $25 billion of debt.
As global demand for copper surges, one of the world’s biggest miners finds itself in a precarious state.
Chile’s state-owned Codelco, long the backbone of the country’s mining industry and a crucial source of government revenue, is struggling under $25 billion of debt and its lowest output in 28 years. It’s also contending with a series of controversies, including a fatal accident and probes into inflated production figures.
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