Mining Regions and Cities in the Region of Antofagasta, Chile
Antofagasta is a world leader in copper and lithium production, with strategic importance for the global energy transition and for the economic development of Chile. This study presents the diagnosis, rationale and building blocks for a new mining strategy in the region of Antofagasta, Chile that pr...
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Paris :
OECD Publishing
2023.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009769028406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Executive summary
- Assessment
- Key recommendations
- 1 Assessment and recommendations
- Assessment
- Antofagasta's mining industry is of strategic importance for the global energy transition and sustainable development in the region
- The green and digital transition in mining offers new opportunities to attain a more inclusive and sustainable development
- Beyond its mining industry, Antofagasta benefits from additional assets that can contribute to economic and social development.
- Mining wealth has led to rapid population growth relative to both the national average and comparable OECD mining regions
- Despite the vast amount of wealth brought by mining, many communities lag across a wide range of well-being dimensions
- Initiatives so far have tried to translate mining wealth into greater well-being standards but in an isolated manner
- Structural well-being gaps remain across the region of Antofagasta
- At the same time, the mining sector is facing increasing challenges to remain competitive
- A long-term strategy is warranted to leverage mining benefits in view of reducing well-being gaps and taking advantage of the green and digital transition in mining
- The ongoing decentralisation process in Chile presents a new setting to establish a new vision for development
- A medium- and long-term vision that moves from past challenges towards a common path for the future
- The new strategy can materialise the main development priorities via common objectives and strategic projects in the short, medium and long terms
- A governance system to oversee, monitor and adjust the strategy in the medium and long terms
- Recommendations.
- Formalise and implement the Mining Strategy with a timeframe of strategic projects based on the priorities of the different regional stakeholders
- Establish a governance mechanism to monitor progress and ensure the sustainability of the Mining Strategy over the long run and beyond government cycles
- Define a monitoring and evaluation framework with different levels of indicators
- Ensure a formal channel of communication and involvement of regional stakeholders in the Mining Strategy's construction, progress and changes
- Improve the institutional capacity of the national agencies operating at the regional level
- References
- Note
- 2 Strengths and challenges for regional development in Antofagasta
- Introduction
- Megatrends affecting regions specialised in mining and extractive activities
- Antofagasta's future: Mining and its communities
- Comparing Antofagasta using an international benchmark of mining regions
- Acknowledging the impacts of mining activities on the territory and looking beyond economic performance
- A future together with its numerous Indigenous communities
- Charting mining's future, Antofagasta captures the spotlight
- The strategic importance of Antofagasta's lithium reserves for the global energy transition
- Demographic patterns
- Population growth in Antofagasta has accelerated in the last decade
- Foreign migration as a key driver of the population increase in the region
- Yet more efforts are needed towards gender parity for social prosperity in Antofagasta
- Antofagasta has a demographic bonus but ageing is an increasing trend
- Antofagasta's declining youth dependency ratio since 2000 signals an evolving demographic landscape, yet the region still retains a demographic bonus.
- Antofagasta's recent rise in unemployment has created a stark economic challenge offsetting the region's demographic advantage
- Regional economic trends
- Antofagasta is thriving, with the mining sector fuelling robust economic growth in the region
- Yet, the region is still not using all of the wealth generated to improve living standards at a faster pace
- With a solid foundation in mining, Antofagasta's economy needs to steadily diversify and expand into new sectors to sustain its growth
- Despite mining's dominance, Antofagasta's employment allocation has shown signs of diversification, particularly into public services and hospitality
- Antofagasta, the productivity powerhouse amidst an extractive economy
- Antofagasta's level of formal employment, when compared to Chile, displays less dependence on informal self-employment
- Well-being in Antofagasta region
- Quality of life in the region of Antofagasta
- Snapshot of quality of life in the different subregions of Antofagasta
- Community dimension
- Environmental dimension
- A snapshot of well-being in Indigenous communities
- Annex 2.A. Selected OECD TL2 and TL3 mining regions
- References
- Notes
- 3 Mobilising the strengths of Antofagasta's mining ecosystem
- Relevance of Antofagasta in the global mining industry - Present and future
- The mining business ecosystem in Antofagasta
- Mining value chains in Antofagasta
- Copper: Global top producer but with low refinery capacity
- Lithium: Global leader in reserves
- Other mineral products
- Antofagasta's METS sector
- Challenges and strengths of Antofagasta's mining industry in fostering sustainable regional development
- Accelerating the transition towards more environmentally sustainable mining
- Energy
- Water
- Waste streams
- In sum, more sustainable mining as a regional opportunity.
- Leveraging Antofagasta's mining sector to promote regional economic diversification
- Diversification throughout the mining value chain
- Downstream transformation and value-adding
- Upstream diversification: Leveraging the METS sector
- Diversification beyond the mining value chain: Leveraging synergies
- Renewable energies and hydrogen
- Tourism
- Desert-based agriculture
- References
- Notes
- 4 Towards a Mining Strategy of Well-being for the Region of Antofagasta
- Introduction
- Why a Mining Strategy of Well-being for the region of Antofagasta?
- Making the most of global megatrends and transformations affecting the mining sector
- Ensuring a sustained improvement of people's well-being
- Materialising previous and current initiatives that aimed to translate mining wealth into greater well-being
- Links with Chile's National Mining Policy 2050
- Supporting upcoming investments in the mining and energy sector and ensuring their linkages with the local economy
- Capitalising on the ongoing decentralisation process in Chile
- The Mining Strategy of Well-being for the Region of Antofagasta
- Building the mining strategy for the well-being of Antofagasta
- A participatory process to legitimise and ensure alignment with local needs
- A long-term vision that moves from past and current concerns towards a path for the future
- Mining Stragegy objectives helping to address Antofagasta's development priorities
- Materialising long-term objectives through strategic projects
- Links with other regional development strategies
- Governing, implementing and monitoring the Mining Strategy
- A governance mechanism to monitor progress and ensure sustainability in the long run
- Monitoring the strategy with hierarchical indicators
- Financing the tasks to meet the strategic objectives
- The role of municipal governments.
- The role of civil society
- Partnering with Indigenous communities
- The role of the private sector and academia
- Conclusion
- Annex 4.A. Potential commitments between the regional government of Antofagasta and stakeholders to support the regional strategy.
- References
- Note.
