Analysis-Chile miners brace as president elect signals environmental crackdown

Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric gestures as he celebrates with supporters after winning the presidential election in Santiago, Chile, December 19, 2021. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/File Photo

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's mining sector is bracing for tighter environmental rules ahead after President-elect Gabriel Boric pledged to oppose a controversial $2.5 billion iron-copper mine that was approved in August after years of legal wrangling.

"To destroy the world is to destroy ourselves," Boric told a cheering crowd in his first speech after celebrating election victory on Sunday.