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Codelco awards US$1B desal plant contract

Chile’s state copper company Codelco has awarded a BOOT (build-own-operate-transfer) contract for the development, construction and operation of a seawater desalination plant and related infrastructure to supply water to its Chuquicamata, Radomiro Tomic and Ministro Hales divisions around Calama in northern Chile.

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Codelco's Radimiro TOmic operation in northern Chile

A consortium led by Japan's Marubeni (50%) and including Transelec (30%) and Techint Chile (20%) won the contract with an EPC contract for Techint Chile, while operations and maintenance will be the