Emerging Industries

Antofagasta

Investment Opportunities

Antofagasta is renowned for its wealth of mineral resources. The quantity and quality of these resources - particularly travertine - provide great potential for further industrial development of natural stones. This US$40 billion global industry increases by 8% (production) annually. With this growth in global demand, investment opportunities lie in:

• the extraction of minerals
• the manufacture of products
• the sector's auxiliary industry

Our Industry in Numbers

• In 2008, regional exports of travertine marble and alabaster (not for sculpting or construction) accounted for 15% of the national total
• 66% of the sector's extraction companies are foreign

Source: Prochile

Our Advantages

• Of the forty different rock types produced nationally, seventeen can be found in the Antofagasta Region, including: travertine marble, granite, alabaster, onyx, calc sinter and ignimbrites
• Low extraction and operating costs - location of resource on the surface and at depth
• Very good logistics platform - infrastructure networks for transport and telecommunications
• Strategically located for access to main markets
• Guaranteed supply - quantity of resources and climatic factors ensure year-round operations
• Favourable climate - low precipitation