as lse anto industry mining founded 1888 ; 128 years ago 1888 headquarters london united kingdom santiago chile area served worldwide key people jean paul luksic fontbona chairman of the board ivan arriagada ceo products copper revenue us 3 394.6 million 2015 1 operating income us 298.6 million 2015 1 profit us 99.0 million 2015 1 divisions antofagasta mining antofagasta transport website antofagasta.co.uk antofagasta plc is a chilean business that operates in various sectors of the economy . it is one of the most important conglomerates of chile with equity participation in antofagasta minerals the railroad from antofagasta to bolivia twin metals in minnesota and other exploration joint ventures in different parts from the world . antofagasta is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 100 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 ownership 4 references 5 external links history edit the group began life as ferrocarril de antofagasta a bolivia a business that was incorporated and listed on the london stock exchange in 1888 with the objective of operating a railway between antofagasta a port on the pacific coast of northern chile and la paz the capital city of bolivia . 2 in 1980 a majority the shares was acquired by the grupo luksic and the two businesses were subsequently integrated under the name antofagasta holdings . 2 during the 1980s antofagasta holdings diversified into other areas such as mining in michilla in which it invested in 1983 and mining in the pelambres in which it invested in 1986 in addition to telecommunications . 2 in 1996 antofagasta holdings transferred its banking activities and its industrial interests to qui enco s.a. another diversified chilean company also controlled by the luksic family . 3 this transfer allowed antofagasta holdings to concentrate on the development of the pelambres and the tesoro mines and establish itself as a low cost copper producer . 2 the shortened name antofagasta was adopted in 1999 . 2 the los pelambres mine was first recognized by willian burford braden in 1920 . one of the largest copper deposits in the world production in 2016 was forecasted at 355 365 000 tonnes of copper 45 55 000 ounces of gold and 8.0 9.0 tonnes of molybdenum . 4 operations edit antofagasta is one of the major international copper producers with its activities concentrated mainly in chile where it now operates four copper mines los pelambres centinela previously the esperanza and tesoro mines antucoya and zaldivar 50 % owned 50 % owned by barrick gold . 5 ownership edit the company is still 65 % owned by the chilean luksic family . 6 references edit a b c preliminary results 2015 pdf . retrieved 19 march 2016 . a b c d e history . antofagasta . retrieved 18 april 2011 . the lusic fellowship for croatia . hks.harvard.edu . archived from the original on 27 april 2009 . retrieved 18 april 2011 . charles caldwell hawley 2014 . a kennecott story . the university of utah press . p. 109 111 . antofagasta creates one of chile s largest private copper miners . mining . 18 june 2014 . retrieved 19 march 2016 . terry macalister and charlotte moore 14 september 2005 . antofagasta rides the copper frenzy though price falls are on the horizon . guardian . uk . retrieved 18 april 2011 . external links edit chile portal mining portal companies portal official antofagasta plc website english antofagasta plc companies grouped at opencorporates v t e major mining companies methodology fy2010 11 revenues of over us 5 billion aluminum corporation of china anglo american anglo american platinum anglogold ashanti antofagasta barrick gold bhp billiton codelco freeport mcmoran glencore xstrata goldcorp hindalco industries impala platinum the mosaic company newcrest mining newmont mining norilsk nickel potash corporation of saskatchewan rio tinto shenhua southern copper vale mining companies v t e ftse 100 companies of the united kingdom ftse 250 3i admiral group anglo american antofagasta 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