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World's No. 3 copper mine Collahuasi to reduce costs with solar power

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 03, 2012 | 2:20 pm Base Metals Europe Latin America Copper 

Chile’s Doña Inés de Collahuasi mining company, owners of the world's No. 3 copper mine, announced Spain's Solarpack has won the contract to build a 25 MW solar energy park, which will supply nearly 13% of the mine's power needs...

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