Actually, the mining industry must be more efficient It is no longer enough to have the industrial processes continuously operating at predefined stable operating points Today, the economics and technical features of the processes must be optimized subject to all the relevant environmental regulations while outputting products of the highest quality This new framework has, in the realm of automatic control, generated interest for advanced process control technology In the light of all the above, and because of the significant benefits that the technology can generate across the Codelco Corporation, the Automation Department (DA is its Spanish acronym) within its activities has decided to support and promote the implementation of advanced process solutions And so Codelco lead the development and implementation of a dynamic simulator for operator training at Codelco Chuquicamata acid plants Copyright © 2013 IFAC.