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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. Chilean nationalization of copper - Wikipedia

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    The nationalization of the Chilean copper industry, commonly described as the Chileanization of copper (Spanish: Chilenización del cobre) [1] was the process by which the Chilean government acquired control of the major foreign-owned section of the Chilean copper mining industry. It involved the three huge mines known as 'La Gran Mineria' and ...

  4. Analysis-Codelco workers fear copper production push ... - AOL

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    SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Codelco pushed hard to lift its copper production from a 25-year-low at the end of 2024, but union workers and analysts question whether its tactics are sustainable as it ...

  5. Codelco - Wikipedia

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    The National Copper Corporation of Chile (Spanish: Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile), abbreviated as Codelco, is a Chilean state-owned copper mining company. It was formed in 1976 from foreign-owned copper companies that were nationalised in 1971.

  6. Corrected: 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 ...

  7. Geology of Chile - Wikipedia

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    Chuquicamata copper mine in 1984. Chile has the world's largest copper reserves, and is the largest producer and exporter of the metal. [3] Notable copper mines include Chuquicamata and Escondida. Chile accounts for five percent of the Western Hemisphere's gold production, of which 41 percent is a by-product of copper extraction. [3]

  8. Category:Copper mines in Chile - Wikipedia

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  9. Power outage hits swaths of Chile, from largest copper mine ...

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    A large power outage struck vast swaths of Chile on Tuesday, interrupting mining operations in the world's biggest copper producer and leaving residents of Santiago without electricity. Areas from ...