The mining sector in Chile has historically been and continues to be one of the pillars of the Chilean economy. Mining in Chile is concentrated in 14 mining districts, all of them in the northern half
Slag disposal from the copper smelter of Caletones next to El Teniente, an underground copper mine in the Andes of Central Chile (2005)
Lithium mining in Chile is the second largest in the world in terms of extraction after it was surpassed by Australia in 2012. Chile, like Argentina and Bolivia, is located within the Lithium Triangle
NASA satellite image showing Albemarle Corporation's evaporation pools for lithium extraction in Salar de Atacama