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Projects with environmental approval

Metallic mining · EIA

Proyecto El Espino

Sociedad Punta del Cobre S.A. — Illapel, Canela · Coquimbo

Declared investment

US$ 624 M

Dollars of the evaluation year SMA

Approval

Jan 12, 2016

RCA 1/2016 · Aprobado

Site

Proyecto El Espino

1 environmental approval at this site

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Instrument
Environmental impact study (EIA)
Project type
Minera metálica
Company
Sociedad Punta del Cobre S.A.
Comunas
Illapel, Canela · Coquimbo
Assessed in
Región de Coquimbo

Timeline

  1. Jan 12, 2016Environmental approval (EIA)
  2. Nov 25, 2020Start of execution accredited1,779 days later

Enforcement at the site

  • Inspections4 · latest in 2021

These cover the whole site, not this project alone.

Source: public registers of Chile's environmental regulator (SMA). Investment is the one the holder declared in the environmental assessment, in dollars of that year.