Chile to Invest More than $1.5 Billion to Reduce SO2 Emission in Copper Smelters

CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--December 5, 2012--Researched by Industrial Info Research Latin America (Córdoba, Argentina)--Chile, the world's leading copper producer, expects to reduce sulfur dioxide and arsenic emissions by 2017. This decision has been made due to the community's pollution complaints about the state-owned Codelco's Ventanas smelter, located in the Valparaiso province, in central Chile.