Minexcellence 2025: CMP Stands Out for Its Technical Leadership and Training Efforts with Seven Presentations and Nine Student Scholarships

The company established a strategic presence at the international event, showcasing regional talent, technical capabilities, and a strong commitment to developing future generations.

Compañía Minera del Pacífico (CMP) concluded an outstanding participation at Minexcellence 2025, one of the most relevant mining operational excellence conferences in Latin America, held from December 2 to 4 in Santiago. The event gathered more than 700 participants from 12 countries, establishing itself as a key platform for sharing methodologies, experiences, and innovative solutions for the mining of the future.

Throughout the three-day conference, CMP played a leading role with seven technical presentations delivered by professionals from various areas. The first of these was “High-grade magnetic iron: a strategic mineral to enable decarbonization”, presented by Gabriela Da Silva Ferrao, Commercial Manager, and Walter Gómez, Superintendent of the Pellet Plant. Later, during the opening ceremony, Makarina Orellana, Operations Manager and President of the conference, presented “Mining 360: smart processes, diverse teams, extraordinary results”, highlighting how technological integration, team diversity, and risk management contribute to more reliable and resilient operations.

During her remarks, Makarina spoke about the honor of presiding over this key space for industry collaboration, emphasizing that

“it is essential to jointly seek solutions to the challenges we face at the national level and to showcase the different type of mining we develop in Atacama and Coquimbo: iron mining, which now plays a strategic role within the context of critical minerals.”

On the second day, the company deepened its technical presence with four presentations: Cristian Inostroza, People Deputy Manager, presented “Digital attribute to strengthen people’s reliability and process optimization”; Hernán Rodríguez, Superintendent of Mining and Metallurgical Planning and Control, presented “Mine-to-customer integration: from short-term planning”; Sergio Díaz, Systems and Costs Engineer, presented “OportunIA: automated search and early warning system for identifying new business opportunities”; and Kasandra Pávez, Superintendent of GRP and Strategic Risks, together with Francisco Bastías, Superintendent of Information Technology, presented “Automation of incident investigations with AI in mining.”

Finally, on the third day, Alejandro Fuentealba, Superintendent of Automation and Control, presented “Artificial intelligence agent for decision-making support in tailings filtration”, demonstrating how advanced analytics and intelligent systems can optimize critical processes for operational continuity.

Together, these presentations reflected the progress driven by the company’s Process Risk Management (GRP) model, through which CMP has strengthened preventive decision-making and consolidated more stable, efficient, and sustainable operations. Makarina Orellana underscored this point, adding:

“these presentations also show CMP’s commitment to an operational excellence that is not only about efficiency: it is a comprehensive approach, where people, communities, technology, and sustainability come together to build the mining of the future.”

Another of the most meaningful moments at Minexcellence was the meeting between the executive and 50 scholarship students from Chile, Peru, and Colombia, who attended the three-day event and, in an open conversation, were able to ask questions, learn from real industry experiences, and receive guidance as they begin their professional careers. Eight of these students, along with one recent graduate, were sponsored by CMP—reinforcing the company’s commitment to developing local talent and building professional networks in the territories.

Through its strategic participation in the conference, CMP highlighted the purpose of iron mining and its progress driven by innovation, operational excellence, safety, and the sustainable development of the territories and their people. This presence reaffirms northern Chile’s contribution to the transformation of the industry and to strengthening the technical knowledge that will shape the future of mining.