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 Antofagasta - LoveToKnow 1911
ANTOFAGASTA, a town and port of northern Chile and capital of the Chilean province of the same name, situated about 768 m.
Antofagasta is the seaport for a railway running to Oruro, Bolivia, and is the only available outlet for the trade of the south-western departments of that republic.
Besides Antofagasta the principal towns are Taltal, Mejillones, Cobija (the old capital) and Tocopilla.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Antofagasta   (270 words)

  
 Antofagasta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antofagasta is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west and steep hills to the east
Antofagasta lies in the Atacama Desert, among the Earth's driest regions.
The city of Antofagasta, although [1868] was founded by the Bolivian government in [], was already populated previously as(like) port of unloading(disembarkation) and as(like) a place of refuge and rest on the coast boliviana for the explorers chilenos.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antofagasta   (3823 words)

  
 Antofagasta Chile - La Portada - Photos and Travel Information - Woodward Chile
Antofagasta is in the capital of the second region of Chile with a population of approximately 300,000 people.
Originally Antofagasta was a part of Bolivia but later became a part of Chile as a result of the War of the Pacific in 1879.
Antofagasta is at an average height of 40m above sea level since most of the city spreads along the coast.
www.diferente.cl /Chile/Antofagasta.htm   (490 words)

  
 www.mineweb.net | sections | mining finance Antofagasta upbeat about copper prospects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Antofagasta, whose copper mines are in Chile but is listed in London, expects to consolidate output this year at about 464,000 tonnes with slightly higher cash operating costs than the 38.9 cents a pound achieved in 2002 — a year when it produced 460,700 tonnes of copper.
Antofagasta would certainly have been in the FTSE 100 by now if it had succeeded with its offer for the Disputada copper business in Chile that was put up for sale last year by ExxonMobil.
Antofagasta is raising the ordinary dividend total by 27.3 percent, from 22 cents to 28 cents a share — but last year there was a special 10 cents dividend to return money to shareholders from the El Tesoro project where a cost overrun facility was not needed.
www.mineweb.net /sections/mining_finance/21204.htm   (1060 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Antofagasta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Antofagasta was founded by Chileans in 1870 to exploit nitrates in the Atacama Desert, then under Bolivian administration.
12,722), Antofagasta region, N Chile, on the western slopes of the Andes.
Antofagasta in deal to take over giant Chile copper mine.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Antofagasta   (415 words)

  
 Antofagasta Resources & Information - antofagasta
Antofagasta plc is a mining company which specialises in copper.
Antofagasta plc is la hoteles a mining company which specialises in copper.
antofagasta America it was sierra funded población antofagasta mainly by British investors, and antofagasta the company was propiedades incorporated in London in 1888.
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 www.mineweb.net | co_releases Antofagasta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Antofagasta, together with Tethyan, have also entered into a deed of termination with BHP Billiton entities (“BHP Billiton”) whereby BHP Billiton’s rights to claw-back a material interest in certain of Tethyan’s mineral interests (“Claw-back Right”) will be extinguished (“BHP Billiton Termination Deed”).
A partnership with Tethyan will allow Antofagasta to apply its mining and development skills and its experience in large-scale projects, to evaluate the mineral resources at Reko Diq and ensure that they are developed to their full potential to the mutual benefit of the shareholders of both Antofagasta and Tethyan.
Antofagasta continues to look at opportunities globally to secure rights to world-class mining assets to enhance its overall growth profile.” The agreements referred to above were signed after the last time at which an announcement of the transaction could have been made by Tethyan through the Australian Stock Exchange.
www.mineweb.net /co_releases/731844.htm   (679 words)

  
 Antofagasta Chile  South America - Cruise Reivews.com
Antofagasta, is a city in northern Chile, and the capital of Antofagasta Province.
After the 19th century mining boom Antofagasta was established as the largest city of the Norte Grande region.
Inside the plaza are monuments donated by the many different foreign communities of Antofagasta: a Slavic bandstand, a Spanish monument to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, and a British clock tower (a replica of London's Big Ben).
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 Chile - Antofagasta
Antofagasta is the largest city of the Norte Grande region, a product of the mining boom that hit the region in the 19th century.
Today, Antofagasta is the embarkation point for copper mined at La Escondida and Chuquicamata--the latter of which holds the distinction of being the largest open-pit mine in the world.
Visitors who want to learn more about Antofagasta and the Norte Grande can visit the Museo Regional--in addition to its interesting exhibits on the history of the city and the mining industry, the museum holds a colourful collection of rock and mineral samples culled from the surrounding region.
www.geographia.com /chile/antofagasta.htm   (213 words)

  
 Photographs of Antofagasta, Chile
This is a photo of the Antofagasta area taken from the Space Shuttle.
Antofagasta is located on the south side of the peninsula.
Antofagasta and the northern regions of Chile belonged to Peru and Bolivia prior to the War of the Pacific in 1872.
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 Antofagasta - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Settled in 1870, it grew rapidly with the mining of rich deposits of nitrates...
Bolivia became involved in a number of border disputes between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries.
Chuquicamata, mining town in the province of Antofagasta, northern Chile, 212 km (132 mi) northeast of the city of Antofagasta.
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 Antofagasta Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antofagasta's history is divided, as the territory, in two sections, the coastal region and the highlands plateau or altiplano around the Andes.
Antofagasta was permanently integrated by the Chilean government at the end of the war.
Mostly a desert climate, part of the Atacama Desert, with variations in the amount of annual rainfall from the coast to the highland desert.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antofagasta_Region   (499 words)

  
 Antofagasta and Surroundings
Antofagasta has a population of 255,000 inhabitants and is located on the northern seaboard of the country, 1,361 km from Santiago.
Known as the Antofagasta Archway, this rock formation is located 16 km north of Antofagasta, on the way to Mejillones.
The mine is located in the Andes Mountains to the east of the city of Antofagasta, at an altitude of 3,100 meters.
www.turismochile.com /guide/antofagasta_and_surroundings   (220 words)

  
 Antofagasta News
Minera Escondida mine workers shout slogans during a protest in Antofagasta, northern Chile on 21 August 2006.
Antofagasta shares featured as one of the top performers in the FTSE 100 yesterday and rightly so.
European stocks rose for a fourth session after Antofagasta Plc, the London-based copper mining company, and CRH Plc, Europe's third-biggest maker of building materials, reported earnings that beat analysts'...
www.topix.net /cl/antofagasta   (746 words)

  
 Antofagasta Offer Update   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Antofagasta is currently considering all of its options in respect of its A$1.20 per share cash offer for Tethyan.
Further, as previously announced, Antofagasta has entered into a pre-bid acceptance agreement with Mincor Resources NL in respect of its option holding, representing a further 7.7% of the fully diluted issued share capital of Tethyan.
About Antofagasta PLC Antofagasta PLC is a Chilean-based mining group listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE-100 index.
www.advfn.com /news_Offer-Update_14501848.html   (433 words)

  
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Antofagasta plc announced that it has declared an interim dividend of 5.2 cents per ordinary share (2005 half year - 3.2 cents) for payment on October 12, 2006, to shareholders on the register at the close of business on September 22, 2006.
Antofagasta plc announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 19.99% shareholding in Equatorial Mining Limited (Equatorial) and has made a cash takeover offer of AUD$11.20 per share for all of the issued shares of Equatorial (the offer).
Antofagasta may elect to fund an additional $6.7 million in exploration within four years (representing a total contribution of $8.0 million), in order to earn a 50% interest in the JV.
today.reuters.com /stocks/KeyDevelopments.aspx?symbol=ANTO.L   (630 words)

  
 www.mineweb.net | base_metals High copper price boosts Antofagasta earnings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
However, Antofagasta is poised to benefit even further if copper prices stay at or around current levels, with expansion projects due for completion shortly.
In a published comment, Antofagasta Minerals CEO, Marcelo Awad, said “These are another set of excellent results for Antofagasta, with high metal prices supporting a sound operating performance.
Antofagasta continues to advance its overall profit growth profile, both by developing its existing assets and by securing rights to world class mining assets, helped by the Group’s strong financial position.”
www.mineweb.net /base_metals/973788.htm   (458 words)

  
 Antofagasta Final Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Water concession (Aguas de Antofagasta) In November 2003, the Group successfully bid for a 30 year Concession to operate the water rights and facilities in the Antofagasta Region previously controlled by the state-owned ESSAN.
Demerger of investment in Quinenco S.A. In order to focus on its core mining and mining-related activities, the Group announced in September 2003 a proposal to demerge its investment in Quinenco S.A. via a special dividend of shares in Andsberg Limited, an unlisted Jersey-registered subsidiary whose principal asset was the Group's 33.6% interest in Quinenco.
The concession contract was signed and control of the assets and operation was assumed on 29 December 2003 by Aguas de Antofagasta S.A., a newly-created wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group.
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 hotels.com - Antofagasta - Antofagasta, CL
The state-owned Codelco, the largest copper producer in the world, is located one kilometer away, and guests are also within close proximity of Plaza Colon, a downtown area that is home to a gothic-style cathedral with several stained glass windows.
Antofagasta is known as The Mining Capital of South America, and guests are within two kilometers of the copper mine at La Escondida.
La Portada de Antofagasta, a beautiful natural monument that is the result of the ocean's erosion over time, sits five kilometers away, and the Salitreras Mining Museum lies six kilometers from the hotel.
www.hotels.com /property.jsp?property=328260   (327 words)

  
 Radisson Hotels & Resorts. Hotel reservations for leisure and business travel.
Radisson Antofagasta is ideally located on the city's main coastal avenue, just minutes away from the city's business district and facing the imposing Pacific Ocean.
Radisson Antofagasta's 140 rooms are the most spacious in the city, and most of them offer an unparalleled view of the ocean as well as work desks, cable television, dual line telephones, complimentary bottled water and coffee maker, ironing boards, and wireless internet access.
Radisson Antofagasta offers five meeting rooms with capacity for up to 150 people and ample parking.
www.radisson.com /antofagastacl   (277 words)

  
 Antofagasta Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
The Natural Monument "La Portada" is located in the II Region, to 25 km to the north of the city of Antofagasta.
The arch was a sea bed it does 30 million years, then the sea moved back generating, for erosion, the cliffs and this singular arch of rock.
Directions: The access road is the Route 1 between Antofagasta and Tocopilla, approximately at the kilometre 20 of this route you will find the exit towards the monument and they are 2 kilometres to come to the top terrace.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/South_America/Chile/Region_de_Antofagasta/Antofagasta-1563642/Things_To_Do-Antofagasta-BR-1.html   (588 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | Copper price fires up Antofagasta
Copper mining group Antofagasta is handing back a chunk of its profits to its shareholders after rising copper prices saw 2004 earnings triple.
Chilean-owned Antofagasta will return $79m (£41m) to investors through a special dividend after raising its net earnings to $558m (£289m) from $180m.
Back then, the company was raising cash to help fund the construction or a railway from the port of Antofagasta, on Chile's north coast, to Bolivia's capital, La Paz.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/4350303.stm   (294 words)

  
 Antofagasta plc - Free Market News Network
Antofagasta PLC (“Antofagasta”) announces today that its unconditional takeover offer for Tethyan Copper Company Limited (“Tethyan”) closed at 7pm Sydney, Australia time today.
At the end of the offer period, Antofagasta had a relevant interest in 95.97% of Tethyan shares.
Antofagasta will now be proceeding with the compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares in Tethyan.
www.freemarketnews.com /Press-Release.asp?nid=4521   (183 words)

  
 Antofagasta plc information and related industry information from Hoover's
Antofagasta is one of the world's leading copper miners.
Antofagasta's road and railway operations transport mine output and consumable products in northern Chile and Bolivia.
Antofagasta also owns a water distribution company in Chile.
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 patricia28 Antofagasta Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
Antofagasta is a nice city in the north of Chile, is the capital of this region, and this is an important city due of the mining industry.
We have a few great beaches like Hornitos (close to the city) and we also have a nice weather all year long, here never rains and the coldest winters are with cloudy days and 12°C. It is nice to spend some days here to visit the city and "La portada" a national monument very beautiful.
The first inhabitant was the miner "Juan Lopez" who lived in the bay of Antofagasta that nowadays is called " The Chimba ".
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 Antofagasta Region Map: Antofagasta — Taltal | Chile Google Satellite Maps
You are in Antofagasta (Chile), administrative region of level 1.
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