Codelco CEO to step down after a year for personal reasons

Codelco chief executive officer André Sougarret will leave the company after little more than a year at the helm, the Chilean state-run copper producer said on Tuesday June 13.

Sougarret, a well-regarded mining executive in Chile due to his participation in the rescue of 33 workers trapped inside a copper mine in 2010, will step down due to “personal...