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Chuquicamata (/ tʃ uː k iː k ə ˈ m ɑː t ə / choo-kee-kə-MAH-tə; referred to as Chuqui for short) is the largest open pit copper mine in terms of excavated volume in the world. [citation needed] It is located in the north of Chile, just outside Calama, at 2,850 m (9,350 ft) above sea level.
The Collahuasi mine is a large copper mine located at high altitude in the north of Chile in the Tarapaca Region.Collahuasi represents one of the largest copper reserves in Chile and in the world having estimated reserves of 3.93 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.66% copper.
1947 map of mines in Chile. The mining sector in Chile has historically been and continues to be one of the pillars of the Chilean economy. [1] Copper exports alone stands for more than one third of government income. Most mining in Chile is concentrated to the Norte Grande region spanning most of the Atacama Desert.
With over 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) of underground drifts, [3] El Teniente is reportedly "the world's biggest underground copper mine", [4] [5] and is the largest of Codelco's operations. [6] Typically more than 5,000 workers were involved in production. [7] Since 2011, a structural project called New Mine Level (NML) has been underway at El ...
False color satellite image of the Escondida Mine, courtesy of NASA. Minera Escondida (which means 'hidden' in Spanish) is a mining company that operates two open pit copper mines in the Atacama Desert, 170 km southeast of Antofagasta in northern Chile. It is currently the highest producing copper mine in the world.
Production trends in the top five copper-producing countries, 1950-2012. This is a list of countries by mined copper production. Copper ore can be exported to be smelted so that a nation's smelter production of copper can differ greatly from its mined production. See: List of countries by copper smelter production.
Austria Duvaz Morococha copper mine [3] Cerro Corona mine; Cerro Verde Copper-Molybdenum Mine [4] Cobriza mine; Constancia mine [5] La Granja mine; Las Bambas copper mine; Quellaveco mine [6] Tia Maria mine [7] Tintaya mine; Toquepala mine [8] Toromocho mine [9]
1 Copper. 2 Gold. 3 Silver. 4 Titanium. Toggle the table of contents. ... This is a list of mines in Chile organized by product. Copper. Candelaria mine; Mantos ...