Carlos Carmona Acosta is a mining engineer from Universidad de Chile with over 35 years of professional experience in mining and energy. His career combines mining operations, technology company leadership, corporate governance and engineering education. Since January 2026 he has been President of the Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas de Chile for the 2026–2027 term.
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His operating experience developed at Los Bronces and El Soldado, progressing from shift supervision and underground projects to planning and operations leadership. At Los Bronces he managed teams of over 300 people against a daily production plan of 180,000 tonnes. He also worked on real-time control systems, operating practice improvement and change management.
That field background preceded his work at Modular Mining Systems, with responsibilities in services, operational excellence and Latin America general management. He developed an organization of eight offices in Chile, Peru and Colombia with over 250 people and managed implementation and commissioning of the Komatsu autonomous truck contract for Codelco’s Mina Gaby.
At Trimble Navigation he led technology business in the Southern Cone, including equipment geolocation and commercial partnerships. As MIRS CEO he led mining robotics business development and award of the robotic copper cathode stripping project at ASARCO in Amarillo, Texas. His experience connects operating processes with technology selection, commercialization and adoption.
He later served as Principal Innovation and Technology Transfer Consultant at Codelco, with responsibilities in autonomous equipment and fleet monitoring tenders. At Fundación Chile he directed the CORFO mining interoperability program, bringing together participants including Codelco and BHP to develop technology integration standards. At Hexagon Mining he was Southern Cone General Manager, managing business, services and company integration.
His corporate governance experience includes the boards of ENAP, ENAP Sipetrol and ENAP Refinerías, participating in safety, environmental, productivity and innovation committees. He also served on the HUB APTA board and advised Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María’s CCTVal on mining process technologies. He has been a Corporación Alta Ley board member since 2018.
He currently combines the IIMCh presidency with leadership of TecMayor–Universidad Mayor’s School of Industry and Natural Resources and Innovation and Development at Netmin. He is also an associate academic at Universidad Central and collaborating academic at Universidad de Chile, teaching smart mining, loading and haulage, automation, robotics and innovation.
His career includes projects and technology missions across Latin America, the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and South Africa. From 2020 to 2022 he participated in ISO/TC82/SC8 on advanced automated mining systems representing INN. His industry, standards and education experience provides context for examining productivity, safety and sustainability through decisions implemented in real operations.
