Chile’s state copper company, Codelco, has announced that its Salvador division and ESSEX Holdings had signed a recent contract that will double the movement of cargo through the port of Barquito and will require a series of upgrades to the infrastructure, including the provision of a conveyor belt system a new electrical systems.
As per the deal, around 80,000 tonnes of iron ore per month will be loaded at the port from the SS-Xavier-I mining project. At present, the port, which belongs to Codelco, handles around 820,000 tonnes annually, composed of copper, hydrocarbons, sulphuric acid and concentrates. The new contract will boost this to 960,000 tonnes annually.
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