The Ministry of Mining () is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of matters related to mining in Chile. The minister of mining in Chile is also the board president of the National Mining Enterprise (ENAMI).

The mining sector contributed 16.4% of Chile's gross domestic product in 2009, 14,157 billion pesos, mostly from copper mining..

In March 2026, Daniel Mas assumed the position of Minister of Mining.

List of Ministers of Mining The following are all Ministers of Mining (1953–Present) PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed byEduardo Paredes Martínez19531953Carlos Ibáñez del CampoRafael Tarud Siwady19531953Clodomiro Almeyda Medina25 June, 195314 October, 1953Francisco Cuevas Mackenna19531954Alejandro Hales19541954Roberto Aldunate19541954Armando Uribe19541955Diego Lira Vergara19551955Osvaldo Sainte Marie19551957Emilio González19571958Roberto Vergara Herrera19581960Jorge Alessandri RodríguezEnrique Serrano de Viale Rigo19601961Julio Chaná19611962Joaquín Prieto Concha19621963Luis Palacios Rossini19631964Eduardo Simián Gallet19641966Eduardo Frei MontalvaAlejandro Hales19661970Orlando Cantuarias Zepeda19701972Salvador AllendeMauricio Jungk Stahl19721972Pedro Palacios Cameron19721972Jorge ArrateJune 17, 1972July 10, 1972InterimAlfonso David Lebón19721972Claudio Sepúlveda Donoso19721973Sergio Bitar Chacra19731973Pedro Ramírez Correa19731973Rolando González Acevedo19731973Augusto PinochetArturo Yovane19731974Agustín Toro Dávila19741975Luis Valenzuela Blanquier19751978Carlos Quiñones19781980José Piñera Echenique19801981Hernán Felipe Errázuriz19811982Samuel Lira Ovalle19821988Pablo Barahona19881989Jorge López Bain19891990Juan Hamilton Depassier19901992Patricio AylwinAlejandro Hales19921994Benjamin Teplizky Lijavetzky19941997Eduardo Frei Ruiz-TagleSergio Jiménez Moraga19972000José de Gregorio Rebeco20002001Jorge Rodríguez Grossi20012002Ricardo LagosAlfonso Dulanto Rencoret20022006Karen Poniachik20062008Michelle BacheletSantiago González Larraín20082010Laurence Golborne20102011Sebastián PiñeraHernán de Solminihac20112014Aurora Williams20142018Michelle BacheletBaldo Prokurica Prokurica20182020Sebastián PiñeraJuan Carlos Jobet20202022Marcela Hernando Pérez20222023Gabriel BoricAurora Williams20232026Daniel Mas2026IncumbentJosé Antonio Kast

See also Coal mining in Chile Codelco – the largest copper mining company in the world, owned by the Chilean state Copper mining in Chile Copper Stabilization Fund – fund created to manage income from copper mining Gold mining in Chile Illegal mining in Chile Iron mining in Chile Lithium mining in Chile List of copper smelters in Chile Sociedad Nacional de Minería – Chilean association of mining companies Pirquinero – artisanal miners in Chile

References

External links Official site