Antofagasta (ANTO) RNS Announcements

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02 Aug 1999 07:40 AM
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Financing Agreement Signed

Antofagasta Plc, traded as ANTO on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), is a multinational mining company. The company's history began in 1888 as the Antofagasta (Chili) and Bolivia Railway Company Limited, incorporated in London.

It raised funds on the LSE to build and operate a railway from Antofagasta, a port on the Pacific Coast of northern Chile, to La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. In the 1980s, Antofagasta diversified into mining and other sectors, following acquisition of control by the Luksic Group.

Today, Antofagasta is one of the most important conglomerates of Chile with equity participation in Antofagasta Minerals, the railroad from Antofagasta to Bolivia, Twin Metals in Minnesota and other exploration joint ventures in different parts of the world. It is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

 

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