Mining company
Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda.
ChileRUT 99.531.960-8
Before the Superintendencia del Medio Ambiente (SMA) it holds one operation with published output. In the twelve months to August 2026 it produced 130.6 kt of fine copper, 2.6% of the country's copper.
Operations
1
it holds before the SMA
Copper, 12 months to August 2026
130.6 kt
2.6% of the country, at 100% of each operation
Operations it holds
The environmental regulator (SMA) records it as the holder of most of the environmental permits of these operations. Copper is that of the whole operation. An operation whose regulated unit we have not linked yet is not on this list.
Environmental enforcement
18 records of the SMA that name it as holder. The latest 6:
- 11 Inspections
- 3 Sanction procedures
- 2 Provisional measures
- 1 Sanction in the public register
- 1 Compliance programme
- Sanction in the public register D-018-20192019Fine of 10,000 UTASMA
- Compliance programme P-001-20212021SMA
- Sanction procedure P-001-20212021Programa de Cumplimiento en ejecuciónSMA
- Sanction procedure D-018-20192019Terminado - SanciónSMA
- Provisional measure MP-006-20182018Con SancionatorioSMA
- Provisional measure MP-010-20162016Con SancionatorioSMA
Mining concessions
SERNAGEOMINSERNAGEOMIN cadastre of current concessions.
291
current concessions
62,302ha
total area
266 constituted and 25 in process; 258 for exploitation and 33 for exploration.
- Tierra Amarilla · Atacama291 concessions · 62,302 ha
Water rights
Dirección General de Aguas…DGA register of water use rights.
12
current rights in its name
- 12 consumptive: 419 l/s declared in total
By region: Atacama (12)
Flows are those the register declares, added by type; the DGA warns that the register does not replace the case file.
SEIA projects
SEAMining projects it submitted as proponent to the Environmental Assessment Service.
7
mining projects
5 approved, 1 under review and 1 not admitted
Most recent
- Proyecto Modificación Faena Minera Caserones: Ampliación e Incorporación de Obras y Optimización de Medidas para Continuidad OperacionalEIA · under review · Jan 13, 2026SEA
- Adecuación Operacional Faena Minera CaseronesEIA · approved · Jul 10, 2025SEA
- Actualización Mina CaseronesDIA · approved · Mar 13, 2014SEA
Sites it operates
SERNAGEOMINSERNAGEOMIN register of mining sites and installations, by the operator's RUT.
2
sites
2
active
- CaseronesTierra Amarilla · Atacama · activeSERNAGEOMIN
- Proyecto Centauro Etapa ITierra Amarilla · Atacama · activeSERNAGEOMIN
Environmental enforcement
SMARecords of the Superintendency of the Environment that name it as holder.
18
SMA records
3 sanction procedures, 1 final sanction, 2 provisional measures, 1 compliance programme and 11 inspections
Latest: final sanction D-018-2019 (2019).
See mining enforcementLobbying meetings
InfoLobby, Ley 20.730Meetings recorded in InfoLobby (Law 20,730) it took part in.
82
meetings since Jan 24, 2023
- DGA21
- SEA18
- SERNAGEOMIN13
- Subsecretaría de Minería9
- SMA5
and 6 more institutions
Counts by institution; officials' names are not published.
Mining patents
TGRTreasury register of mining-concession patents, file of October 2026.
340
concessions with a patent
$2,197,209,160
to pay in the period
1,722 payment forms in the file.
Frequently asked questions about Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda.
Answers built from the same figures as this page, each with its source.
- What is the RUT of Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda.?
- The RUT of Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda. is 99.531.960-8; its registered name at the SII is SCM MINERA LUMINA COPPER CHILE. Its main activity, per the SII, is explotación de otras minas y canteras n.c.p.. SIISII
- What mining concessions does Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda. hold?
- According to the SERNAGEOMIN cadastre, Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda. holds 291 mining concessions covering 62,302 ha: 258 for exploitation and 33 for exploration. They are in Tierra Amarilla, Atacama. SERNAGEOMIN
- Does Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda. hold water rights?
- Yes. The DGA register of water use rights lists 12 water use rights held by Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda.: 12 consumptive (419 l/s in total), in Atacama. Dirección General de Aguas…
- What projects does Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda. have in the SEIA?
- Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda. is the proponent of 7 mining projects in the SEIA: 5 approved, 1 under review and 1 not admitted. The most recent is "Proyecto Modificación Faena Minera Caserones: Ampliación e Incorporación de Obras y Optimización de Medidas para Continuidad Operacional" (EIA, under review). SEA
- Has Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda. been sanctioned by the SMA?
- The Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) names Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda. as holder in 18 records: 3 sanction procedures, 1 final sanction, 2 provisional measures, 1 compliance programme and 11 inspections. SMA
- Which authorities has Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda. met through lobbying?
- InfoLobby records 82 lobbying meetings in which Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda. took part since Jan 24, 2023, mostly with DGA (21), SEA (18) and SERNAGEOMIN (13). InfoLobby, Ley 20.730
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Holder: the legal person in whose name more than half of the environmental permits of the operation's regulated unit stand, according to its SMA file. Stakes are those the cited document states; they are not multiplied by output here.
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- The 2 sites it operates, with their SERNAGEOMIN register page
- Its 18 SMA records, with the date and status of each
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