Hot Chili's new venture to quench mines in water-scarce Huasco Valley

Copper company Hot Chili has announced the establishment of Huasco Water a new joint venture (JV) water company formed to supply sea water and desalinated water to mine developments in a part of the water-stressed Atacama desert.

The water company, a JV with Chilean iron-ore miner Compania Minera del Pacifico (CMP), will supply the Huasco Valley. Hot Chili has outlined about 3 700 l/s of potential future desalinated water demand from new mine developments, as well as other community and industrial sources of demand.