Consejo Minero

{{Short description|Chilean mining industry association}}

Consejo Minero (lit. Mining Council) is a guild grouping large mining companies active in Chile. According to Consejo Minero in 2025 its companies produce 94% of Chile's copper, 96% of its iron, 90% of its silver and 63% of its gold and lithium.{{Cite web |title=Socios |url=https://consejominero.cl/nosotros/socios/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Consejo Minero|language=es}} Its members are Anglo American, BHP, CMP, Minera Centinela, Codelco, Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, El Abra (owned by Freeport-McMoRan and Codelco{{cite news |title=Freeport's Chile-based El Abra mine, union seal wage agreement |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-copper-freeport-mcmoran-idUSKCN0XP2VV |accessdate=5 June 2018 |work=Reuters |date=10 April 2016}}), Minera Escondida, Freeport-McMoRan, Glencore, Gold Fields, KGHM, Kinross, Lundin Mining, Pampa Norte, Minera Los Pelambres, Rio Tinto, South32, Sociedad Química y Minera and Teck Resources. Prior to the joining of Compañía de Acero del Pacífico (CAP) in 2017 the guild lacked any company engaged in the production of iron.{{Cite news |title=Grupo minero CAP se incorpora al Consejo Minero y se conveirte en la primera productora de hierro en sumarse a la entidad gremial |date=2017-07-03 |url=https://www.portalminero.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=134643829 |access-date=2025-04-30 |work=Portal Minero |language=es}}

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