Codelco implements LIMS to improve productivity and efficiency Codelco selected Thermo Scientific TM SampleManager TM LIMS software for its Chuquicamata (now part of the Norte Division) facility. The LIMS was installed in one laboratory and several remote sampling sites. The functions of the laboratory include the preparation of raw materials, material process control, process control and finished product quality. Tests are run on solids, liquids and environmental materials. The Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) is the main copper producer in the world, controlling approximately 20 percent of the world’s copper reserves. Codelco was created out of a Chilean constitutional reform that nationalized the copper industry. Codelco was established to operate and ma

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