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The walk off comes as workers at BHP s Escondida mine Chile s biggest by output last week rejected the company s final contract offer raising the spectre of labor action at 2 of the largest copper mines in Chile the world s top copper producer Chuquicamata produced 330 900t of copper in 2024 out of Codelco s total
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Unions at Chuquicamata copper mine signal support for Chilean demonstrators strike action The main trade unions at Codelco s Chuquicamata division have signaled support for protests currently taking place in Chile while criticizing an escalation in violence that led to an army supervised curfew being imposed in the country
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Chuquicamata or Chuqui as it is more familiarly known is by excavated volume the biggest open pit copper mine in the world located in the north of Chile 215 km northeast of Antofagasta and 1 240 km north of the capital Santiago The mine is owned and operated by Codelco a Chilean state enterprise since the Chilean
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Chuquicamata El Loa Región de Antofagasta Chile A classic porphyry copper deposit and the world s largest open pit copper mine From 1915 until 1997 it produced 31 million tons of copper metal with an equivalent amount still remaining in the main orebody
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Chuquicamata Chile Underground Chuquicamata is a strategic mining project for Codelco the state owned Chilean copper mining company 140 000 tons of ore will be mined and treated per day making Chuquicamata one of the largest mining operations on the globe with an estimated investment of more than US$ billion by 2024
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Copper mining deposit report for Deposit #21632 #21632 in Antofagasta Chile Copper mining deposit report for Deposit #21632 #21632 in Antofagasta Chile Home Mines South America Chile Deposit #21632 Chuquicamata Copper Mine Calama Chile °S °W Overview Copper Location 2 Aliquots Production 20 Records Owners 3 Records Mine Overview Site identification and
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Chile s copper mines provide over 30% of the world s mine production of recoverable copper according to to statisctics of the Department of the Interior Chuquicamata is an open cast copper mine where a relatively poor copper ore is mined in impressive huge amounts Modern mining and smelting technology allows the usage of such depostits
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Abstract Chuquicamata underground mine MCHS is currently extracting ore from the first level through macroblocks arranged from North to South This work analyses the efficiency of the design of drawpoint spacing in terms of gravity flow for macroblocks MB N01 S01 with a drawpoint spacing of 16 × 16 m2 The characterisation of gravity flow in terms of reserve recovery remaining ore
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Uses of copper Copper is all around us from the electrical wiring in household appliances and cars to the saucepans in our kitchens and the brass knockers on our doors With its antimicrobial properties copper can even fight bacteria Hospitals It may also be used in places such as in hospitals owing to its anti bacterial qualities
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chile atacama region four men at chuquicamata copper refinery chile copper mine stock pictures royalty free photos images The Codelco Chuquicamata open pit copper mine stands near Calama Chile on Thursday Aug 2 2024
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Chuquicamata Mine world s largest open pit copper mine located in the northern Atacama Desert in Chile approximately 150 miles northeast of the port city of Antofagasta At 9 500 feet above sea level it measures 2 miles in length miles in width and almost half a mile in depth With estimated reserves of 600 million to 1 billion tons
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Terence Bell Updated on November 25 2024 The world s 20 largest copper mines produce nearly 9 million metric tons of the precious metal a year about 40% of the world s total copper mine capacity Chile and Peru alone account for more than half of the copper mines on this list The makes the cut as well with two mines among the top 20
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In 2024 the underground mine delivered to the mill %Cu The target for 2024 and 2024 was to deliver 18Mt and 38Mt of ore respectively The accompanying analysis considers production of copper in concentrate at the nominal 175kt/d Chuquicamata mill MINCO and production from the oxide line
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The $ switch to underground cave mining from open pit part of Codelco s 10 year $39 billion overhaul of its core assets is expected to extend Chuquicamata s life by a minimum of 40 years It will allow the copper market leader to keep production rates in the ascendancy despite deteriorating ore grades and ramping costs at its
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The railway was subsequently used to transport supplies to Potrerillos and refined copper to the harbor at Barquito Although the deposits of Potrerillos were smaller and its ores of poorer quality than those at Chile s principal copper mine at Chuquicamata the mine made an important contribution to the country s copper production The
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The Giant Holes Chuquicamata Copper Mine Know More 23072015 0183 32 The Giant Holes Chuquicamata Copper Mine Chile Chuquicamata in Chile is a mining giant that produces a total record of 29 million tonnes of copper Although nearly 100 years of intensive
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Chuquicamata near the city of Calama is the largest open pit copper mine in the world It has been in operation since 1882 but production ramped up in the early 20th century when the extraction
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With the materialization of the open pit project in Chuquicamata the Guggenheims took complete control of large scale copper mining in Chile 11 The Chile Copper Company was established in April 1914 and the entire capital stock of CHILEX was transferred to this company Unger Unger 2024 12
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In this Sept 25 2024 photo a drilled tunnel crosses under the Chuquicamata copper mine in the Atacama desert in northern Chile Experts say that by 2024 the Chuquicamata copper mine will
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general view of chuquicamata foundry copper mine chile copper mine stock pictures royalty free photos images The Andina and Los Bronces copper mines sit in the Andes Mountains in an aerial photograph taken near Santiago Chile on Friday July 5 2024
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4 days agoChuquicamata produced 319 280 t of copper and 16 000 t of molybdenum in 2024 Avispa is situated within the defined north south trending Palaeocene Eocene Cu Mo porphyry belt and north of BHP s Spence Cu Mo mine and KGHM/South32 s Sierra Gorda Cu Mo mine Avispa is also only 20 km east of the extensive north south trending Caliche Nitrate
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Chuquicamata is an open cast copper mine where a relatively poor copper ore is mined in impressive huge amounts Modern mining and smelting technology allows the usage of such depostits at unrivaled low costs The ore contains only between 1 13% and 1 18% metals most of it copper but also molybdenum and selenium in a very low proportion
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Chuquicamata Copper Mine Chile Chuqui is the second deepest open pit mine in the world at a depth in excess of 850 metres It is however the largest open pit copper mine in the world as measured by extracted volume It produces around 11% of the world s copper supply which equates to 350 000 tonnes per annum In August 2024 the underground extraction project was launched at
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The century old copper mine is Codelco s second largest after El Teniente Last year it churned out just over a quarter of the company s total production The Chuquicamata smelter is
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Browse 169 chuquicamata copper refinery stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images of 3
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Chuquicamata Coppermine Chuquicamata is known around the world because of its copper production activity that preceeds the Get to know the place Sorry we no longer have this tour but some of these may interest you
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From spaceships to mobile phones metals are an integral part of the objects that make up the world around us and that we use in everyday life The metal
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Nov 2 2021Visit Chuquicamata the largest copper mine in the world even visible from space This giant hole in the desert landscape is the heart of Chile s economy Even the Inca already extracted copper here In 1910 the first modern conveyor system was built and now of copper are produced here annually
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A two day old strike at Codelco s Chuquicamata copper mine in northern Chile along with the potential for walkouts at other major mines are not having a significant impact on copper prices as traders worry more about the potential loss of demand amid global trade tensions Codelco is Chile s state run copper company Workers walked off
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