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The Toquepala mine is a large porphyry copper mine in the Tacna Province, Tacna Department, Peru. The mine is an open-pit mine producing copper, molybdenum, rhenium and silver with minor gold and zinc. [1] [2] The Toquepala mine and the Ilo smelter were opened in 1960 by Southern Peru Copper Corporation, then a subsidiary of ASARCO.
Toquepala Mine in 2003, viewed from ISS.The open pit was then 2.5 kilometers across.. Southern Copper Corporation is a mining company that was founded in 1952. The current incarnation of Southern Copper can be traced to the 2005 acquisition of Southern Peru Copper Corporation by the Mexican copper producer Minera México.
Toquepala Caves are located near Toquepala mine, about 154 km (96 mi) from the city of Tacna, in the extreme southeast of Peru. They are notable for a number of rock paintings . The best known of them is the cave named Abrigo del Diablo ("Devil's rock face").
Moquegua's economy is largely based on mining. Resources include copper, silver, gold and molybdenum. Cuajone and part of Toquepala Mine are located in the Mcal. Nieto Province. A copper smelter and refinery to treat copper concentrates from those mines is located in Ilo province. [citation needed]
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Toquepala mine [8] Toromocho mine [9] See also. List of countries by copper production; List of copper production by company; References This page was last edited ...
Toquepala Airport (ICAO: SPTQ) is a high-elevation airport serving the mining village of Toquepala in the Tacna Region of Peru. The runway has nearby high terrain in all quadrants. The runway has nearby high terrain in all quadrants.
Toquepala may refer to: Toquepala Caves; Toquepala mine; Toquepala Airport This page was last edited on 11 ...