08 - Filiales no molibdeno

Within the Molymet group of companies we subsidiaries whose focus is not related to the production of molybdenum but on other sustainable activities. The first is an agricultural company producing organic nuts on 123 hectares and the second is a hydroelectric company which generates renewable hydroelectric energy through plants with an installed power capacity of 10,7 MW. We share details of how each subsidiary functions below.

5 Filiales no molibdeno

Inmobiliaria San Bernardo S.A. (ISBSA)

Inmobiliaria San Bernardo is an agricultural estate with commercial production of organic walnuts on 123 hectares. Located in our green belt buffer zone around our MolynetNos plant it helps mitigate the impacts of our industrial activity on the surrounding communities.

Marketed under the Geonuts® brand, the nuts are mainly exported to Austria, Italy, Germany and Japan.

We frame our business as one of ecology and stewardship and a milestone in 2O21 was the signing of a Real Right of Environmental Conservation on our land. This has formalized our efforts to conserve the environmental and ecological heritage of the orchards within the San Bernado urban area.

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2021 Highlights

Carbomet Energía S.A. (CESA)

Our subsidiary Carbomet Energía S.A. (CESA) is located in Puente Alto in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. This subsidiary generates renewable energy through two run-of-river hydroelectric plants. The two generating plants have nominal power of 5.6 MW and 5.1 MW each. For energy transmission, we connect to the National Electric System through the distribution network of Empresa Eléctrica de Puente Alto (EEPA) and Compañía General de Electricidad (CGE) respectively, under the modality of Small Means of Distributed Generation (PMGD).

Both the power plant and the rest of our facilities are located on land owned by the company and third parties. These were awarded via concession (DS 4350 of July 1944) with their corresponding easements. We also have water rights for 24 m₂/s of water not for consumption that is returned to the water course after being used in the turbine.

In 2021, three major factors impacted what we do at Carbomet Energía:

  1. Central Chile has been facing water scarcity for more than a decade
  2. Volatility of energy prices due to different factors throughout the year
  3. A national electricity system with increasingly tight capacity as a result of the water crisis, the low availability of gas and the unavailability of power plants

Despite these factors, we achieved the following results:

Carbomet Energía S.A. (CESA)

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2021 Highlights