New Delhi: Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) welcomed a delegation from CODELCO (Corporación Nacional del Cobre), the state-owned copper mining company of Chile, in New Delhi early today. In a first-of-its-kind mission in India, experts from the Chilean copper major will visit all HCL units and offices across the country during their three-week stay to assess various mining and operational aspects and explore opportunities for knowledge sharing and value addition.
The visiting CODELCO team comprises Angelo Giovanni Giuseppe Aguilar Catalano (Geology and Exploration), Jose Ramom Abatte Perez (Innovation and Technology), Carlos Abelardo Vilches Donoso (Tailing Management), Jorge Luis Espindola Landa (Geotechnical Engineering) and Sergio Jonathan Pichott Heriquez (Geometallurgy).
This initiative follows the historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) exchanged between HCL and CODELCO in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of Chile, Gabriel Boric Font, on 1 April 2025. The MoU focuses on sharing knowledge and best practices to facilitate exploration, mining and mineral beneficiation, along with employee training and capacity building. It was signed by Sanjiv Kumar Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, HCL, and Ruben Alvarado Vigar, Chief Executive Officer, CODELCO.
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