TheChilean Copper Commission (Spanish:Comisión Chilena del Cobre) orCOCHILCO is a technical agency aimed to provide advice to the Chilean government on issues related to copper,[1] a metal of which Chile isthe worlds largest producer,[2] and mining in general.[3] It is one of Chile's mining-sector state entities, together withNational Mining Enterprise (ENAMI) and theNational Geology and Mining Service (SERNAGEOMIN).[4] It was established in 1976.[3]
Each year, COCHILCO publishes a report titledInversión en la Minería Chilena (Investment in Chilean Mining), a portfolio of mining projects with a rolling ten-year forecast.[5][6] COCHILCO is together with theNational Customs Service and theInternal Taxes Service (SII) one of the state entities that participate in the miningtraceability programme of theMinistry of Finance.[7]
The agency is decentralized and governed by a council of seven persons of that includes theMinister of Mining, theMinister of National Defense, the chief of the general staff ofthe Armed Forces, two persons assigned by theCentral Bank of Chile and two representants named by thePresident of Chile, of which one has to be amining engineer.[8]
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