Reuters Insider scores interview with CEO of world’s largest copper mine

Reuters Insider scored an exclusive interview on Oct. 12 with Jose Pablo Arellano, CEO of Codelco, the world’s largest copper mine. The head of the Chilean company forecast an increase in production as the U.S. and Japanese economies recover, offering detailed predictions for this year and 2010. He expects the company to boost its output by 100,000 tons in 2010 from 1.7 million tons this year, its chief executive Jose Pablo Arellano told Reuters on Monday. Arellano said the company would begin opening 290,000 tons of new annual capacity starting in 2010 to offset falling output from its existing mines.