President-elect Kast stuns miners with Chile ministry merge
MINING.COM·2026-01-21 18:08
Chile’s President-elect José Antonio Kast startled the mining industry by folding the mining portfolio into the economy ministry just hours after signalling he would appoint a standalone mining minister.At a delayed cabinet ceremony in Santiago on Tuesday evening, Kast named Daniel Man as dual Minister of Economy and Mining, a last-minute decision that pushed the event nearly an hour past its scheduled start. The move reversed plans to appoint Patricio Montt, a former BHP Group executive and CEO of Canadian ...