Chile hunts for copper buyers beyond China with US$100 billion mining plan
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Chile's foreign minister announced a plan to diversify copper buyers beyond China and attract $100 billion in mining investment over the next decade. Speaking at a Bloomberg summit in Singapore during an Asia-Pacific tour, Francisco Perez Mackenna emphasized the need to broaden the market, which is currently highly concentrated. This strategy represents the government's most explicit effort to reduce dependence on Chinese demand.
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Explicit reduction of exposure to Chinese demand.
Francisco Perez Mackenna spoke at a Bloomberg summit in Singapore.
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The foreign minister stated the market is highly concentrated.
South China Morning Post- Explicit reduction of exposure to Chinese demand.
- Foreign minister tours Asia-Pacific to forge new trade relationships.
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Loaded language removedChile wants to widen the group of countries buying its copper and attract about US$100 billion in mining investment over the next decade, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, in the most explicit move yet by the new government in Santiago to reduce its exposure to Chinese demand.
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The foreign minister stated the market is highly concentrated.
South China Morning PostChile's plan is a move to reduce its exposure to Chinese demand.
OpinionChile wants to widen the group of countries buying its copper.
South China Morning PostChile aims to attract about US$100 billion in mining investment over the next decade.
South China Morning PostFrancisco Perez Mackenna spoke at a Bloomberg summit in Singapore.
South China Morning PostThe minister is on a tour through the Asia-Pacific.
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