Editing Codelco (section)

==History==
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Codelco's history begins with Law 11,828, of May 5, 1955, that created the ''Copper Office'' (''Departamento del Cobre'') of the Chilean government, approved under President [[Carlos Ibáñez del Campo]]. During the administration of President [[Eduardo Frei Montalva]], Congress sanctioned Law 16,425, on January 25, 1966, and transformed the ''Copper Office'' into the ''Copper Corporation of Chile'' (Codelco).

With the constitutional reform that [[Chilean nationalization of copper|nationalized copper]] (Law 17,450 July 11, 1971), during President [[Salvador Allende]]'s government, full ownership of all copper mines and copper fields in the country were transferred to Codelco. The creation of the ''Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile'', as it is currently known, was formalized by decree of April 1, 1976, under the [[Augusto Pinochet]] dictatorship.

Codelco's symbol is based on the [[Copper#History|alchemical symbol for copper]].