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Copper Goes Tech.


LABOR-INTENSIVE la·bor-in·ten·sive
adj.
Requiring or having a large expenditure of labor in comparison to capital: "Intrigue and subversion are labor-intensive undertakings" George F. Kennan.
 MINING HAS PULLED ONE FOOT OUT OF THE copper pit and stamped it firmly in the virtual world.

Ten Chilean mining companies, including giants Codelco Chile, Minera Minera (Welsh: Mwynglawdd) is a small village in the county borough of Wrexham in north-east Wales. It borders Coedpoeth to the east and Bwlchgwyn to the west.  Escondida, Phelps Dodge Phelps Dodge Corporation is a former United States company founded in 1834 by Anson Greene Phelps and William E. Dodge. On March 19, 2007, it was acquired by Freeport-McMoRan and now operates under the name Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.  and Minera Mantos Blancos, are launching an Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
 portal to save millions of dollars annually. Their stakes in the project and whether stock options would be part of it are being negotiated.

"Chile's role as a leader in copper mining will not only be reflected in the level of production but also in its ability to incorporate new technology," says Francisco Francisco may refer to:
  • Francisco Pizarro, a Spanish conquistador
  • Francisco d'Anconia, a character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged
See also
  • Francis
  • Francesco
 Tomic, a spokesman at Minera Escondida. "This initiative, the first of its kind in Chile... has great potential to become a new global standard for this sector."

The portal, backed by the Chilean Mining Council, will be tapped for everything from sales and logistics to bank transactions and events planning.

The 10 participating companies account for 93% of the copper produced in Chile and 34% of global production.
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Author:Alexander, Jessica
Publication:Latin Trade
Date:Apr 1, 2001
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