{"id":91368,"date":"2025-05-20T01:14:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T04:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioamigavallenar.cl\/?p=91368"},"modified":"2025-05-20T01:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T04:14:19","slug":"minera-australiana-hot-chili-confirma-inversion-de-us1-200-millones-en-megaproyectos-de-cobre-y-agua-en-atacama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioamigavallenar.cl\/?p=91368","title":{"rendered":"Minera australiana Hot Chili confirma inversi\u00f3n de US$1.200 millones en megaproyectos de cobre y agua en Atacama"},"content":{"rendered":"

La <\/span>empresa <\/span>avanza <\/span>con <\/span>tres <\/span>grandes <\/span>iniciativas <\/span>que <\/span>incluyen <\/span>una <\/span>planta <\/span>desalinizadora <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>Valle <\/span>del <\/span>Huasco <\/span>y <\/span>la <\/span>mina <\/span>Costa <\/span>Fuego. <\/span>La <\/span>compa\u00f1\u00eda <\/span>proyecta <\/span>que <\/span>la <\/span>zona <\/span>podr\u00eda <\/span>concentrar <\/span>hasta <\/span>un <\/span>25% <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>producci\u00f3n <\/span>mundial <\/span>de <\/span>cobre <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>futuro.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

La <\/span>minera <\/span>australiana <\/span>Hot <\/span>Chili<\/span> anunci\u00f3 <\/span>una <\/span>inversi\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>US$<\/span>1.200 <\/span>millones<\/span> en <\/span>la <\/span>Regi\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>Atacama<\/span>, <\/span>destinada <\/span>al <\/span>desarrollo <\/span>de <\/span>tres <\/span>megaproyectos <\/span>estrat\u00e9gicos<\/span> que <\/span>combinan <\/span>producci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>cobre, <\/span>infraestructura <\/span>h\u00eddrica <\/span>y <\/span>sostenibilidad. <\/span>La <\/span>empresa <\/span>proyecta <\/span>que, <\/span>con <\/span>estas <\/span>iniciativas, <\/span>la <\/span>zona <\/span>podr\u00eda <\/span>convertirse <\/span>en <\/span>uno <\/span>de <\/span>los <\/span>mayores <\/span>polos <\/span>de <\/span>producci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>cobre <\/span>del <\/span>planeta, <\/span>con <\/span>potencial <\/span>para <\/span>concentrar <\/span>hasta <\/span>un <\/span>25% <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>extracci\u00f3n <\/span>mundial<\/span> del <\/span>metal <\/span>rojo <\/span>en <\/span>los <\/span>pr\u00f3ximos <\/span>a\u00f1os.<\/span><\/p>\n

La <\/span>compa\u00f1\u00eda <\/span>formaliz\u00f3 <\/span>esta <\/span>semana <\/span>su <\/span>solicitud <\/span>ante <\/span>la <\/span>Oficina <\/span>de <\/span>Gesti\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>Proyectos <\/span>Sustentables (<\/span>GPS)<\/span> del <\/span>Ministerio <\/span>de <\/span>Econom\u00eda, <\/span>lo <\/span>que <\/span>le <\/span>permitir\u00e1 <\/span>obtener <\/span>estatus <\/span>prioritario<\/span> para <\/span>la <\/span>tramitaci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>permisos <\/span>ambientales <\/span>y <\/span>sectoriales.<\/span><\/p>\n

Entre <\/span>los <\/span>proyectos <\/span>m\u00e1s <\/span>destacados <\/span>se <\/span>encuentra <\/span>Huasco <\/span>Water<\/span>, <\/span>una <\/span>iniciativa <\/span>que <\/span>contempla <\/span>la <\/span>construcci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>una <\/span>planta <\/span>desalinizadora<\/span> en <\/span>la <\/span>costa <\/span>del <\/span>Valle <\/span>del <\/span>Huasco<\/span>, <\/span>dise\u00f1ada <\/span>para <\/span>abastecer <\/span>no <\/span>solo <\/span>a <\/span>Hot <\/span>Chili, <\/span>sino <\/span>tambi\u00e9n <\/span>a <\/span>otros <\/span>proyectos <\/span>mineros, <\/span>agr\u00edcolas <\/span>y <\/span>comunidades <\/span>locales<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Este <\/span>sistema <\/span>incluir\u00e1 <\/span>una <\/span>red <\/span>interconectada <\/span>de <\/span>ca\u00f1er\u00edas<\/span> que <\/span>distribuir\u00e1 <\/span>agua <\/span>de <\/span>mar <\/span>y <\/span>agua <\/span>desalinizada<\/span>, <\/span>y <\/span>se <\/span>ejecutar\u00e1 <\/span>en <\/span>dos <\/span>fases: <\/span>la <\/span>primera <\/span>contempla <\/span>el <\/span>suministro <\/span>de <\/span>500 <\/span>litros <\/span>por <\/span>segundo<\/span> de <\/span>agua <\/span>de <\/span>mar <\/span>para <\/span>el <\/span>proyecto <\/span>Costa <\/span>Fuego<\/span>, <\/span>con <\/span>una <\/span>proyecci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>20 <\/span>a\u00f1os <\/span>de <\/span>operaci\u00f3n. <\/span>La <\/span>segunda <\/span>etapa <\/span>ampliar\u00e1 <\/span>la <\/span>capacidad <\/span>a <\/span>4.000 <\/span>litros <\/span>por <\/span>segundo<\/span>, <\/span>convirti\u00e9ndola <\/span>en <\/span>una <\/span>soluci\u00f3n <\/span>regional <\/span>frente <\/span>a <\/span>la <\/span>crisis <\/span>h\u00eddrica<\/span> que <\/span>afecta <\/span>al <\/span>norte <\/span>del <\/span>pa\u00eds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adem\u00e1s, <\/span>la <\/span>planta <\/span>operar\u00e1 <\/span>con <\/span>energ\u00eda <\/span>100% <\/span>renovable<\/span>, <\/span>reforzando <\/span>el <\/span>enfoque <\/span>de <\/span>sostenibilidad <\/span>del <\/span>proyecto. <\/span>Hot <\/span>Chili <\/span>ya <\/span>cuenta <\/span>con <\/span>concesiones <\/span>mar\u00edtimas <\/span>vigentes <\/span>y <\/span>ha <\/span>solicitado <\/span>nuevas <\/span>para <\/span>ampliar <\/span>su <\/span>operaci\u00f3n, <\/span>adem\u00e1s <\/span>de <\/span>servidumbres <\/span>y <\/span>accesos <\/span>terrestres <\/span>asegurados <\/span>para <\/span>instalar <\/span>la <\/span>infraestructura.<\/span><\/p>\n

El <\/span>megaproyecto <\/span>Costa <\/span>Fuego<\/span>, <\/span>que <\/span>combina <\/span>producci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>cobre <\/span>y <\/span>oro<\/span>, <\/span>se <\/span>encuentra <\/span>a <\/span>la <\/span>espera <\/span>de <\/span>los <\/span>resultados <\/span>de <\/span>su <\/span>estudio <\/span>de <\/span>factibilidad<\/span>, <\/span>programado <\/span>para <\/span>el <\/span>a\u00f1o <\/span>2026<\/span>. <\/span>Paralelamente, <\/span>Hot <\/span>Chili <\/span>adquiri\u00f3 <\/span>recientemente <\/span>la <\/span>mina <\/span>La <\/span>Verde<\/span>, <\/span>ubicada <\/span>a <\/span>30 <\/span>kil\u00f3metros<\/span> del <\/span>yacimiento <\/span>principal, <\/span>ampliando <\/span>su <\/span>presencia <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>corredor <\/span>productivo <\/span>del <\/span>Huasco.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ambos <\/span>proyectos <\/span>est\u00e1n <\/span>alineados <\/span>con <\/span>los <\/span>objetivos <\/span>estrat\u00e9gicos <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>empresa <\/span>de <\/span>consolidarse <\/span>como <\/span>un <\/span>actor <\/span>clave <\/span>en <\/span>la <\/span>cadena <\/span>de <\/span>suministro <\/span>global <\/span>de <\/span>cobre, <\/span>en <\/span>momentos <\/span>en <\/span>que <\/span>la <\/span>demanda <\/span>por <\/span>este <\/span>recurso <\/span>se <\/span>proyecta <\/span>al <\/span>alza <\/span>por <\/span>su <\/span>rol <\/span>fundamental <\/span>en <\/span>la <\/span>transici\u00f3n <\/span>energ\u00e9tica <\/span>y <\/span>la <\/span>electromovilidad.<\/span><\/p>\n

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