Industries in Chile
Chile is today most closely associated with the mining industry , an industry which was brought to international prominence because of the rescue of 33 trapped miners in 2010 . Mining still plays a vital role though in the economy of Chile , and about an eighth of the working population are employed in the industry . Chile ’ s mining industry primarily revolves around the mining of copper , and CODELCO , is the biggest copper producing company in the world , and consequently one of the major employers of Chile . The major industries of the Chilean economy in the late 1980s and early 1990s were agriculture and food products , textiles and clothing , nonelectrical machinery , transportation equipment , and industrial chemicals .