2020 brought about a change in life as we knew it. In the area of work, solutions had to be created, with telework being the new system chosen to operate.
Today, not only is engineering work done with fewer people, but any task in the industrial sector requires fewer people, more specialization and greater automation.
About 70% of the desalination plants operating for production activities are owned by mining companies. In addition, Antofagasta, Chile's mining capital, is supplied by the largest drinking water desalination plant in Latin America.
Analysis about remote operations applied in the mining industry.
In Chile, desalination offers opportunities for the development of mining and, along with this, challenges emerge in terms of technologies and a national desalination strategy.
Faced with the challenge of meeting the energy requirements of each country, the integration of the region is possible, but it is still a pending task.
In 2020, the Tolpán Sur wind farm in Renaico, La Araucanía Region, began operating with an 84 MW facility, providing clean energy to 137,000 homes in southern Chile.
The use of reverse osmosis desalination and the impulsion system represent 25% of the non-recirculated fresh water consumption in the mining sector.