By 2025 the company wants to flip that breakdown, said Victor Encina, mining consultant with JRI Ingenieria.

FORBES: Continuous Mining To Help Chile Extend Mine Life, Save Money

Encina said Codelco is working to convert one of its biggest mines, Chuquicamata, from open pit to underground.

FORBES: Continuous Mining To Help Chile Extend Mine Life, Save Money

Encina told Kitco News after his presentation that the continuous mining method allows miners to access more rock, which boosts production.

FORBES: Continuous Mining To Help Chile Extend Mine Life, Save Money

Encina said the firm hopes to have first production by 2018.

FORBES: Continuous Mining To Help Chile Extend Mine Life, Save Money

Though this film by Paz Encina is said to be the first produced in Paraguay in decades, it has an artistic refinement and an emotional power that allow it to transcend all novelty value and vault to the front lines of world cinema.

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