Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Xstrata Starts $58 Million Expansion of Altonorte Copper Smelter in Chile

(Bloomberg) -- Xstrata Plc, the world's fourth-
largest copper producer, started the $58 million expansion of its
Altonorte copper smelter in northern Chile.

The upgrade, to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2009,
will increase capacity at the smelter to 380,000 metric tons a
year from 290,000 tons, Zug, Switzerland-based Xstrata said today
in a statement distributed by the Regulatory News Service.


Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News

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