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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.
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]
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 ...
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.
This is a list of mines in Chile organized by product. Copper ... Escondida; Chanarcillo; Los Pelambres mine; Chuquicamata; El Salvador mine; Gold. Candelaria mine ...
Unionized workers at Codelco's Chuquicamata copper mine, one of the world´s largest, said late on Wednesday they would walk off the job beginning Friday after failing to reach a labor deal with ...
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]
Chile's copper production will likely decrease 1.2% to 5.718 million tons in 2020 versus a year earlier, state copper commission Cochilco said on Thursday. Cochilco estimated that the copper price ...