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Total                                  
 Crudesteel' thousand tons_ 
Semimanufactures (hot-rolled)                     
Lead,mineoutput,metalcontent_____________________ 
Manganeseoreand concentrate                       
Mercury 76-pound flasks~ 
Molybdenum, mine output, metal content________________ 
Selenium kilograms._ 
Silver thousand troy ounces__ 
Vanadium, nilne output, metal content  
Zinc,mineoutput,metalcontenL____________________ 
NONMETALS 
Barite 
Borates,crude,natural____________________________ 
Cement,hydraulic thousand tons__ 
 See footnotes at end of table. 
 8,301 4,267 e4,0()4) 
 1,550 283 C250 
 4,480 3,168 eso()() 
 685 886 ~1 000 
 15,016 8,604 e8,250 
 480 548 598 
 F324 395 446 
 1,816 876 431 
 23,639 18,001 23,243 
 13 20 &mdash;&mdash; 
 10,899 10,938 13,196 
 15,041 8,297 8,165 
 7,342 8,461 8,210 
 1,088 860 689 
 F5,035 3,918 1,814 
 21,243 65,038 182,320 
 3,432 4,248 26,544 
r~ 1,140 1,203 
3,600 
700 
2,700 
1,000 
8,000 
~657 
600 
1,000 
22,680 
12,700 
8,160 
8,322 
454 
1,000 
181,400 
27,200 
~1,359 
222 
MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-79 
 
develop a $5 million national registry of mines (estimated at 14,000 concessions)
which would establish location and concession boundaries as well as categorize
type and reserves of each concession. This plan hopes to minimize future
litigation and foster further foreign investment if titles are clear. The
survey covered 250 concessions in 1978 and 1,200 more in 1979. In 1979 the
Chilean Government concluded technical cooperation and/or economic agreements
with seven nations including 
Mainland China and also made an agreement with Egypt that provides for petroleum
sales to Chile. 
 Mining investments in Chile receive no special tax concession, and there
are no tax preferences given to domestic producers over foreign investors.
A foreign mineral investor may choose between a tax rate of a fixed 49% for
10 years or a varying tax structure that in 1978 amounted to 49.5%, which
is the rate paid by the state entities (CODELcO, etc~). 
 
PRODUCTION 
 
 The increase jn copper production in 1979 from 1978 resulted from gains
in three of the four CODELCO mines. Molybdenum, a byproduct of copper mining,
attained a peak level in 1979 as a result of efforts for improved recovery.
The continued decline in onshore production of petroleum was more than made
up by an increase in offshore production in the Straits of' Magel 
lan. But domestic production met only 23% of domestic consumption; this figure
may increase to 35% by yearend 1980. Although a great deal of attention is
being given to developing Chile's coal resources and expanded production,
production in 1978 and 1979 continued to decline. Coal production for 1980
is estimated at 1.6 million tons, 400,000 tons below estimated demand. 
 
 
Table L~'-Chile: Production of mineral commodities 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity' 1976 1977 lWT8~ l9?9~ 
METALS 
Copper 
Mineoutput, metal content'______________________ 
Metal: 
 Smelter,primary4 - 
 
Refined:' 
Fire, primary refined                       
 Electrolytic - 
 
Total                                
Gold, mine output, metal content troy ounces - 
Iron and steel: 
 Oreand concentrate thousand ton&amp; 
 Pigiron do~.. 
 
Ferroalloys: 
Ferroinanganese___________________________ 
Silicomanganese___________________________ 
Ferrosilicon_______________________________ 
Other                                    
 1,005,200 1,056,200 1,035,500 ' 1,060,600 
 856,300 888,400 927,400 ~946,900 
 141,700 e146,700 e157,300 161,100 
 490,300 ~S29390 C591,8&reg; 618,000 
 632,000 676,000 749,100 ~779,100 
 p129,172 116,376 102,416 105,000 
 10,055 7,896 9,666 8,600 
 403 432 539 ' 611 
 

					
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