Collahuasi mine

Coordinates: 20°59′29.19″S 68°38′19″W / 20.9914417°S 68.63861°W / -20.9914417; -68.63861
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Collahuasi mine
Location
Collahuasi mine is located in Chile
Collahuasi mine
Collahuasi mine
RegionTarapacá Region
CountryChile
Coordinates20°59′29.19″S 68°38′19″W / 20.9914417°S 68.63861°W / -20.9914417; -68.63861
Production
ProductsCopper
Molybdenum
Owner
CompanyAnglo American plc (44%)
Glencore (44%)
Mitsui & Co. (12%)

The Collahuasi mine is a large

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.[1]

The mine produced 560,000 tonnes of copper in 2018, making it one of the world's largest copper mines.[2]

FCAB ore train crossing the Ascotán salt flat at the mine

References

  1. ^ "Copper mines". angloamerican.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
  2. ^ "Chile's Collahuasi copper mine expects to match 2018 record output this year – CEO". MINING.COM. 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2022-07-22.