"There is a growing acceptance of mining in Equador and a greater understanding of what responsible mining means in terms of generating benefits like tax revenues and jobs while still protecting the environment."
HEAD OF WEST AFRICA UPSTREAM RESEARCH, WOOD MACKENZIE
"As the business environment improves, more players explore opportunities to commercialize gas through power generation, petrochemicals, and export potential through NLNG or FLNG projects."
"The day will come when most of the copper produced in Peru will be beneficiated in the country, and to be able to trade it internationally, it will have to be processed with renewable energy."
"Technology for the field has been evolving towards products that are more friendly to the environment, with faster degradation, more specific impacts and targets, and do not cause collateral damage."
With the upcoming elections in November, a cautious optimism fills the air as Chile’s largest industry seeks to capitalize on the global demand for its reserves of vital minerals and metals.