ʻO ka mea hana keleawe nui loa o ka honua i hōʻoluʻolu i ka mākeke: mai kahi kumu kumu, ʻaʻole lawa ka lako keleawe.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Codelco, he kanaka nunui keleawe, ʻoiai ʻo ka hāʻule nui ʻana o nā kumukūʻai keleawe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka metala kumu.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Má Ximo Pacheco, ka luna o Codelco, ka mea hana keleawe nui loa o ka honua, i loko o kahi ninaninau media i kēia pule ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea alakaʻi maikaʻi loa o ka electrification, ʻoi aku ka palena o nā mālama keleawe honua, e kākoʻo ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā kumukūʻai keleawe. ʻOiai ʻo ka volatility hou o nā kumukūʻai keleawe, mai kahi ʻano kumu o ka ʻike, ʻaʻole mau ke keleawe.

Ma keʻano heʻoihana aupuni, ua uhaki ke aupuni Chile i kēia pule i ka moʻomeheu o ka hoʻohuliʻana i nā waiwai a pau o ka hui a hoʻolaha e hiki iā Codelco ke mālama i ka 30% o kāna mau waiwai a hiki i ka makahiki 2030. Ua'ōleloʻo Pacheco i kona nohoʻana ma keʻano he pelekikena o ʻO Codelco, ʻo codelc ka pahuhopu hana keleawe makahiki e noho ma 1.7 miliona tons, me kēia makahiki. Ua hoʻokūpaʻa pū ʻia ʻo Codelco e pono e hoʻomau i kāna hoʻokūkū ma ka kāohi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai.

ʻO ka ʻōlelo a Pacheco i manaʻo ʻia e hōʻoluʻolu i ka mākeke. Ua paʻi ke kumu kūʻai keleawe LME i ka 16 mahina haʻahaʻa o US $ 8122.50 no ka ton i ka Pōʻalima i hala, ma lalo o 11% a hiki i Iune, a ua manaʻo ʻia e paʻi i kekahi o ka nui o ka emi ʻana o ka mahina i nā makahiki 30 i hala.