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Gold mines in Nevada (13 P) Pages in category "Mines in Nevada" ... Anaconda Copper Mine (Nevada) B. Blue Diamond Mine; Buena Vista Mine, Nevada; C. Comstock Lode; G ...
Antofagasta is one of the major international copper producers with its activities concentrated mainly in Chile where it now operates four copper mines: Los Pelambres, Centinela (previously the Esperanza and Tesoro mines), Antucoya and Zaldivar (50% owned, 50% owned by the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold).
Underground mine producing nickel and copper concentrates 18 (2018) [8] 15 Phoenix Lander County, Nevada: Newmont Mining Corporation: Gold-copper ore, concentrated and leached 16 (2018) [6] 16 Lisbon Valley San Juan County, Utah: Lisbon Valley Mining Company Copper ore, open pit, heap leached 10–15 (2018) [9] 17 Miami: Gila County, Arizona ...
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.
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]
In 1922 the company acquired mining operations in Chile and Mexico . The mining operation in Chile (Chuquicamata), was acquired from the Guggenheims in 1923. [7] It cost Anaconda $77 million and was the largest copper mine in the world. It produced copper yielding two-thirds to three-fourths of the Anaconda Company's profits.
The El Salvador mine is a combined open pit and underground copper mine in the company town of El Salvador. The El Salvador mine was purchased by Anaconda Copper, who had little intention of mining it, due to high tax rates by the Chilean government. When the tax rates were reduced Anaconda decided to bring the mine into production.
In October 2015, Franco-Nevada agreed to pay Teck Resources US$610 million for a stream on Teck’s 22.5% share of the silver production on the giant Antamina mine in Peru. Teck owns its stake in Antamina along with BHP, Glencore and Mitsubishi Corp. Antamina is the world’s eighth-largest copper mine. A possible future underground expansion ...