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  2. Chuquicamata - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. File:Mina de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 110 ...

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    English: Panoramic view of Chuquicamata, a state-owned copper mine located at 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level just outside Calama, north of Chile. It is by excavated volume the largest open pit copper mine in the world. The huge hole was started in 1882 as a mine to extract gold and copper.

  4. Escondida - Wikipedia

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    Location of the La Escondida and Chuquicamata copper mines in Chile False color satellite image of Escondida (bottom) and neighbouring Zaldívar mines (top), April 2000. Escondida is a copper mine at 3,100 metres (10,200 ft) elevation in the Atacama Desert in Antofagasta Region, Chile. [1]

  5. San Pedro de Atacama - Wikipedia

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    San Pedro de Atacama is a Chilean town and commune in El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region.It is located east of Antofagasta, some 106 km (60 mi) southeast of Calama and the Chuquicamata copper mine, overlooking the Licancabur volcano.

  6. Minera Escondida - Wikipedia

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    It is currently the highest producing copper mine in the world. Its 2007 production of 1.483 million tons of the metal was worth US$10.12 billion, [1] mainly as metal in concentrate, but some as cathode, and was 9.5% of world output and 26% of Chilean production, according to the US Geological Survey's preliminary estimates of 2007 world mine ...

  7. Chile's Codelco terminates contract with Canada's SNC ... - AOL

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    SNC-Lavalin won the contract from Codelco to help upgrade the sprawling Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile in 2012, followed by a deal to build the sulphuric acid plants at the mine in 2016.

  8. Exclusive: Full restart of Codelco's Chuquicamata smelter ...

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    The full reactivation of a smelter belonging to Chile's state-run Codelco, the world's top copper producer, will be delayed until the end of October after missing a previous target of April, four ...

  9. Mining in Chile - Wikipedia

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    1947 map of mines in Chile. The mining sector in Chile is one of the pillars of Chilean economy and 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. Mining products of Chile includes copper, gold, silver, molybdenum ...