Cochabamba / Toronto / Rio San Miguel / Denver / Potosí / Porto Alegre / Salt Lake City / Oruro / Santa Cruz / Cuiabá / La Paz / Dorking / São Paulo / London / /
Company
Compañia Minera del Sur S.A. / Empresa Minera Huanuni S.A. / Empresa Minera Barrosquira/ Bajadería Ltda. / Besides SOBOCE / Royal Dutch/Shell Group / Minera Manquiri / United Cangalli Gold Mining Cooperative Ltd. / Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos / TotalFinaElf S.A. / BRIDAS Corp. / Inter-American Development Bank / Rio Tinto Plc. / Tradeship Publications Ltd. / Repsol YPF S.A. / Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation / Golden Eagle International Inc. / Empresa Minera Inti Raymi S.A. / El Paso Corporation / Cangalli / Sociedad Boliviana de Cemento S.A. / General Minerals Corporation / Gerdau Group / RBG Resources Plc. / Allied Deals Plc / Transredes S.A. / CDC Capital Partners / Mining Journal / BHP Billiton Plc / Empresa Minera Himalaya S.A. / Apex Silver Mines Ltd. / Itacamba Cemento S.A. / Empresa Minera Industrial S.A. / Fletcher Building Ltd. / Fabrica Nacional de Cemento / BG Group Plc. / Minera San Cristobal S.A. / Pan American Energy LLC / Orvana Minerals Corp. / Empresa Metalúrgica Vinto S.A. / Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. / Vinto / Siderúrgica Sul Catarinense S.A. / Antofagasta / Empresa Petrolera Andina S.A. / Enron Corp. / Complejo Metalúrgico Vinto S.A. / Newmont Mining Corp. / Minera Salinas S.A. / Cía / Minera del Sur S.A. / Shell Gas B.V. / Minera Concepción S.A. / Enron Transportadora S.A. / Amazon / Grupo Minero La Roca S.A. / Actis Capital LLP / Internet References Cited Actis Capital LLP / Corporación Minera de Bolivia / British Petroleum Plc / Gas Transboliviano S.A. / Empresa Minera La Solución S.A. / ACINDAR S.A. / Andean Silver Corp. / Shell Oil Co. / Cemento El Puente S.A. / Minera Colquiri S.A. / Commonwealth Development Corporation Capital Partners / Empresa Minera Paititi S.A. / Colquiri / Mutún / bancoconocimiento/M / /
Continent
America / Africa / Asia / South America / Europe / Americas / /
Country
Venezuela / Brazil / Republic of Bolivia / United Kingdom / China / Mexico / Chile / Paraguay / Argentina / Bolivia / Spain / Switzerland / Netherlands / Peru / Colombia / Cayman Islands / Canada / New Zealand / United States / /
port of Ilo / Vinto complex / Cal Oro facility / COMSUR’s El Puquio Norte Mine / Karachipampa smelter / Tarija plant of Cemento El Puente S.A. / COMIBOL mine / Chilcobija mine / Kori Kollo Mine / Vinto smelter / Don Mario Mine / Kori Chaca Mine / COMIBOL’s Karachipampa smelter / Bolivia-Brazil pipeline / Kori Kollo mill / Huanuni Mine / Pan-American Highway / / /
IndustryTerm
cement industry / average peasant miner / telecommunications industry / low international metal prices / food / crude oil / environmental groups / energy sector / worst mining pollution / chemicals / foreign oil / antimony metal / state oil / cement capacity / transportation operations / historic mining center / energy overview / joint energy projects / nancial lenders / cement report / base-metal mining industry / high transportation tariffs / large regional systems / cement / transportation / environmental quality control systems / machinery / soy products / oil and gas / larger mining / metal / illegal mining activities / gold mining / medium-scale mining / gross domestic product / iron ore mining / transportation network / steel plant / nationalized mining properties / medium-scale mining sector / steel demand / nonhydrocarbon mining sector / mining / fuel oil / nominal gross domestic product / transportation system / cement production / disrupted mining production / /
NaturalFeature
Indies / Andes / Chiquitano Forest / Desaguadero River / Pacific Ocean / Tupiza Rivers / Pilcomayo / /
Organization
U.S. Department of Energy / Bolivian Congress / Instituto de Investigaciones Minero Metalúrgicas / American Chamber of Commerce in Bolivia / U.S. Embassy / Bolivian Government / Posokoni Cooperative / United Nations / Department of La Paz / International Monetary Fund / U.S. Department of State / U.S. Commercial Service / U.S. Energy Information Administration / 2002§ / Instituto Nacional / U.S. Central Intelligence Agency / 2002§1 / Department of Potosi / Congress / U.S. Trade and Development Agency / World Wildlife Fund / Friends of the Earth / Brazilian Government / /
Person
Kori Chaca / Kori Kollo / Steven T. Anderson / Kori Chaka / / /
PoliticalEvent
presidential elections / general election / /
Position
General / producer / leader / second leading producer / President / administrator of international negotiations / major producer / leading mining producer / Major / average peasant miner / Vice President of International Negotiations and Contracts / Governor / mining entrepreneur / /
ProvinceOrState
Utah / Idaho / Colorado / Ontario / Tipuani Gold Mining District / Arque Province / /
Region
western Brazil / central South America / eastern Andes / eastern Bolivia / western Bolivia / British West Indies / southern Bolivia / central Bolivia / northern Argentina / /
THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BOLIVIA By Pablo Velasco and Steven T. Anderson The Republic of Bolivia, which is located in central South America southwest of Brazil, has an area of about 1,098,580