Chile’s Codelco president ousted over loss fears

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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The board of Chile’s state-owned mining company has fired its president, citing irreconcilable differences over the future of the world’s biggest copper producer.

Codelco President Thomas Keller was ousted Friday after telling the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio he and the directors don’t share the same vision, and that he’s “not prepared to make investments where Chileans will lose money.”

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