Ministry of Mining (Chile)

The Ministry of Mining (Ministerio de Minería) is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of matters related to mining in Chile.

The mining sector contributed 16.4% of Chile's gross domestic product in 2009, 14,157 billion pesos, mostly from copper mining.

Since March 2022, the Minister of Mining (Ministro de Minería) is Marcela Hernando.

In August 2023, Boric replaced Hernando in a cabinet reshuffle with Aurora Williams.